Attn: Ms Adisa Žero, Acting Director
Dear Director Žero and the employees of the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
It is with deep concern and sadness that we have learned that the owner and founder of your national cultural institution—the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina—has not yet included its basic funding in the annual budget for 2026, nor updated the provisions concerning the institution’s governing structures.
The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a globally recognized symbol of survival and resilience, and of the futility of attempts to destroy a national heritage collected and preserved over generations by all peoples of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Manuscripts, books, memory, and heritage do not burn in the long term. Attempts at administrative neglect, following earlier attempts at physical destruction of your country’s national library, have only generated greater solidarity and increased international visibility for your mission.
We stand with you and your staff in the rightful conviction that, after all the challenges it has endured since the burning in August 1992, the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina deserves respect, stability, and due care from the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
We sincerely hope that the authorities of your country will not allow further degradation of the cultural heritage collected and promoted since 1945 by your distinguished institution, and that they will take the necessary steps to ensure its regular basic funding, as well as the adoption of the remaining legal provisions required for a clear and functional governance framework.
My warmest desire under the sign of dialogue and the culture of peace.
Marco Lucchesi
President of The National Library of Brazil
Ministry of Culture
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N/r. Gospođa Adisa Žero, vršiteljica dužnosti direktorice
Poštovana direktorice Žero i uposlenici Nacionalne i univerzitetske biblioteke Bosne i Hercegovine,
Sa dubokom zabrinutošću i tugom saznali smo da osnivač i vlasnik vaše nacionalne institucije kulture - država Bosna i Hercegovina - još uvijek nije uvrstio njeno osnovno finansiranje u godišnji budžet za 2026. godinu, niti ažurirao odredbe koje se odnose na upravljačke strukture ove institucije.
Nacionalna i univerzitetska biblioteka Bosne i Hercegovine globalno je prepoznat simbol opstanka i otpornosti, kao i uzaludnosti pokušaja uništenja nacionalnog naslijeđa koje su generacijama prikupljali i čuvali svi narodi Bosne i Hercegovine.
Rukopisi, knjige, pamćenje i naslijeđe dugoročno ne mogu izgorjeti. Pokušaji administrativnog zanemarivanja, nakon ranijih pokušaja fizičkog uništenja nacionalne biblioteke vaše zemlje, proizveli su samo veću solidarnost i povećanu međunarodnu vidljivost vaše misije.
Mi smo uz vas i vaše uposlenike u opravdanom uvjerenju da, nakon svih izazova koje je pretrpjela od paljenja u augustu 1992. godine, Nacionalna i univerzitetska biblioteka Bosne i Hercegovine zaslužuje poštovanje, stabilnost i odgovarajuću brigu institucija Bosne i Hercegovine.
Iskreno se nadamo da vlasti vaše zemlje neće dozvoliti daljnju degradaciju kulturnog naslijeđa koje vaša ugledna institucija prikuplja i promovira od 1945. godine, te da će poduzeti neophodne korake kako bi se osiguralo njeno redovno osnovno finansiranje, kao i usvajanje preostalih zakonskih odredbi potrebnih za jasan i funkcionalan okvir upravljanja.
Primite moje najiskrenije pozdrave u duhu dijaloga i kulture mira.
Marco Lucchesi
Predsjednik Nacionalne biblioteke Brazila
Ministarstvo kulture Brazila