Sophia’s NZ Crusade

Photo Exhibition

St Andrew’s Church, Wellington

04.04.2000.

Protests, Anniversary of the Bombing

US Embassy, Wellington

March – April 2000

Protests, Anniversary of the Bombing

British High Commission, Wellington

March – April 2000

(English)

Sophia’s New Zealand “Crusade” shows her activities in connection with the USA led NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999:

  • Involvement in organizing protests during bombing (US Embassy, British High Commission, NZ Parliament etc.) in 1999
  • Involvement in organizing protest on the anniversary of  the bombing in 2000 (US Embassy, British High Commission…)
  • Radio show, half an hour, once a week for 6 months in 1999 analyzing political issues with stress on USA led NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
  • Organizing series of photographic exhibitions in Wellington in 2000 under the name: “The Effects of Modern Warfare on Civilian Populations – What the Media Didn’t Show About The 1999 Bombing of Yugoslavia”.

 

USA led NATO was bombing Yugoslavia from 24 March till 10 June 1999.

The operation was called:

“Merciful Angel” or

“Operation Allied Force” or

“Operation Noble Anvil”

 

The result of NATO’s “humanitarian”, “heroic”, “merciful”, “noble” action is:

  • Around 4,000 dead (approx.75% civilians, many of them children)
  • Around 10,000 wounded
  • Around 2,500 unexploded devices left in many areas of Serbia which is a threat for many years to come.
  • Increased number of deaths since then due to depleted uranium used during bombing.
  • Increased cases of cancer

 

All are innocent victims fallen on the soil of their own country from the foreign aggressor’s weapons.

 

NATO action was an illegal aggression:

  • Committed without the United Nations Security Council’s approval.
  • The action was a violation of
    • the fundamental principles of international law.
    • the UN Charter,
    • the (OSCE) Helsinki Final Act 1975 (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe) and
    • the NATO Founding Act.

It was the first war on European soil since World War II, waged against an independent and sovereign state which neither attacked nor otherwise threatened either NATO or any of its individual member states.

(Srpski)

Sofijino NZ “Crusade” predstavlja njene aktivnosti u vezi NATO (predvodjen Amerikom) bombardovanja Jugoslavije 1999.

  • Bila je ukljucena u organizovanje I vodjenje protesta za vreme bombardovnja (ispred zgrade Parlamenta Novog Zelanda u Velingtonu, ispred Americke ambasade, Britanske Visoke Komisije itd.)
  • Bila je ukljucena u organizovanje I vodjenje protesta na godisnjicu bombardovnja (ispred zgrade Parlamenta Novog Zelanda u Velingtonu, ispred Americke ambasade, Britanske Visoke Komisije itd.)
  • Imala je radio emisije, jednom nedeljno po pola sata u toku 6 meseci 1999. Analizirala je politicku situaciju sa posebnim osvrtom na bombardovanje Jugoslavije od strane NATO.
  • Organizovala je sa suprugom seriju izlozba fotografija u Velingtonu pocetkom 2000, na godisnjicu bombardovanja pod nazivom: “Efekti modernog naoruzanja na civilno stanovnistvo – ono sto mediji nisu pokazali kod bombardovanja Jugoslavije”.

NATO, predvodjen Amerikom, bombardovao je Jugoslaviju od 24 marta do 10 juna 1999.

Operacija je nazivana:

Milosrdni andjeo  (“Merciful Angel”).

Operacija Saveznicka sila (“Operation Allied Force”)

Operacija Plemeniti nakovanj (“Operation Noble Anvil“)

 

Rezultati NATO “humanitarne”, “herojske”, “milosrdne”, “plemenite” akcije su:

  • Oko 4000 ubijenih (oko 75% civila, mnogi od njih,dece)
  • Oko 10,000 ranjenih
  • Oko 2,500 neeksplodiranih bombi u mnogim podrucjima Srbije sto predstavlja opasnost u buducnosti
  • Povecan broj smrtnih slucajeva od raka zbog upotrebe osiromasenog uranijuma prilikom bombardovanja

Sve nevine zrtve su stradale na tlu svoje zemlje od strane oruzja stranog agresora.

NATO akcija je bila ilegalna agresija:

  • Pocinjena bez saglasnosti Saveta Bezbednosti Ujedinjenih Nacija
  • Agresija je bila krsenje:
    • Fundamentalnih principa medjunarodnog prava
    • Povelje Ujedinjenih Nacija
    • Zavrsnoh Akta iz Helsinkija (Organizacija za Sigurnost I Ko-operaciju u Evropi)
    • I, povrh svega, NATO osnivackog akta.

To je bilo prvi rat na evropskom tlu od Drugoh Svetskog Rata, vodjen protiv nezavisne I suverene zemlje koja niti je napala niti predstavljala opasnost bilo za NATO bilo za bilo koju zemlju NATO-a.