Deklaraciju koju je on odbacio pokrenuli su bošnjački i hrvatski predstavnik u predsjedništvu, Haris Silajdžić i Željko Komšić, a do nje je došlo zbog nedavne presude Međunarodnog suda pravde (ICJ) o genocidu počinjenom u Srebrenici 1995. godine.
The bill he rejected was initiated by the Bosniak and Croat members of the presidency, Haris Siladjic and Zeljko Komsic, and was prompted by a recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on the 1995 Srebrenica genocide.