; (8) recognizes the assistance of the International Commission for Missing Persons to Bosnia and Herzegovina and its relevant institutions in accounting for nearly 90 percent of those reported missing after the Srebrenica massacre and approximately 75 percent of those reported missing during the whole of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina; (9) welcomes the completion of the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, including its convictions and sentencing of Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic, and 88 other persons convicted of offenses including war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, and related offenses, a judicial process that has helped strengthen peace and encouraged reconciliation between the countries of the region and their citizens; (10) remains concerned that ethnic tensions stoked by political leaders and extreme nationalist sentiment can deter recovery and reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and even encourage new violence with potentially deadly consequences; (11) urges all political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina to cease using divisive rhetoric to stoke ethnic divisions in order to achieve shortsighted political gains; (12) urges all political leaders to demonstrate courage by championing tolerance, empathy, and mutual respect for the purpose of fostering lasting reconciliation, peace, and prosperity for the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina; and (13) recognizes the 8,372 people killed or executed at Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina in July 1995, along with all individuals who endured pain and suffering or who were killed in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995, as well as foreign nationals, including United States citizens, and those individuals in Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and other countries of the region who risked or lost their lives because of their defense of human rights, fundamental freedoms, and ethnic identity without discrimination.