NOVEMBER 25th Komšić and Bećirović host reception on the occasion of BiH Statehood Day at City Hall

(Patria) - Members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Željko Komšić and member Denis Bećirović are hosting a reception on the occasion of November 25th, Statehood Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The reception will be held on Monday, November 25th, at the Sarajevo City Hall.

The first session of the State Anti-fascist Council of National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ZAVNOBiH), which was the highest political, representative, and legislative body of the Federal State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where decisions on the restoration of Bosnia and Herzegovina's statehood were made, was held on November 25, 1943.

With the Resolution from the First Session of ZAVNOBiH, Serbs, Croats, and Muslims opted for the restoration of Bosnia and Herzegovina's statehood.

The first session was chaired by Dr. Vojo Kecmanović, and the deputies were Avdo Humo, Đuro Pucar Stari, Aleksandar Preha, and the secretary Hasan Brkić.

The first session of ZAVNOBiH began in Mrkonjić Grad on November 25, 1943, at 7 PM. It ended the same night (November 26th) at 4 AM. ZAVNOBiH was founded as the central political representation of the National Liberation Movement (NOP) and the highest body of people's authority in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The delegates adopted the ZAVNOBiH Resolution and the Proclamation to the Peoples of BiH, which emphasize that in the future, only ZAVNOBiH and AVNOJ can represent BiH and its peoples in the country and abroad.

These acts also expressed the determination of the people of BiH that their country, which is neither Serbian, nor Croatian, nor Muslim, but rather Serbian, Muslim, and Croatian, should be a brotherhood community in which full equality of all Serbs, Muslims, and Croats will be ensured. At the session, a delegation of 58 members was elected to represent BiH at the Second Session of AVNOJ (November 29, 1943), where the decisions of ZAVNOBiH were confirmed.