Homeland, Happy Statehood Day!

(Patria) - Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrates Statehood Day today.

On this day 81 years ago, the first session of the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ZAVNOBiH) was held.

It was the highest political, representative, and legislative body of the Federal State of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where decisions were made on the restoration of Bosnia and Herzegovina's statehood.

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 concluded the same night (November 26) at 4 AM.

ZAVNOBiH was founded as the central political representation of the National Liberation Movement (NOP) and the highest organ of people's authority in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The delegates adopted the ZAVNOBiH Resolution and the Proclamation to the Peoples of BiH, emphasizing that in the future, only ZAVNOBiH and AVNOJ could represent BiH and its peoples, both domestically 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, would be a brotherhood of equals, ensuring full equality for all Serbs, Muslims, and Croats.

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.