The resumption of the work of the parliamentary commission to investigate the consequences of the use of weapons with depleted uranium during the bombing of Yugoslavia by NATO countries aims to seek the organization of influential Serbian diplomats, political scientists, military and doctors “Belgrade Forum for a World of Equal Rights,” reports TASS on March 24.
The forum intends to send three requests to the Serbian government.
The first is “to resume the work of the parliamentary commission and the government interdepartmental body to determine the consequences of the use of depleted uranium weapons during the NATO aggression”.
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The second is to complete the work before the 25th anniversary of the NATO aggression in March 2024. “determining the exact list of all civilian victims of the aggression”. And thirdly, “conduct an analysis of the interpretation of the educational block on NATO aggression in all textbooks at all levels of education and ensure that the truth is preserved”.
Let us remember that on March 24, 1999, NATO launched an aggression against Yugoslavia. Airstrikes across the country lasted for 78 days. Alliance aviation flew 38,000 sorties and more than 10,000 targets were hit. The dead are from 3.5 to 4 thousand citizens of Yugoslavia. 10 thousand people were injured.
The material damage caused by the bombings is estimated at 100 billion dollars (7.65 trillion rubles). During the three months of aggression, 15 tons of depleted uranium shells were dropped on Yugoslavia. The result was an outbreak of cancer in the country. Over the next 10 years after the bombing, about 30 thousand people fell ill with cancer, many of them died.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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