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Date:         Thu, 13 Aug 1992 00:58:30 -0500
From:         "Velibor M. Marenovic" <VMARENOVIC@MACALSTR.EDU>
Subject:      Serbian demonstrations
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Hope to see you there!!!!

Velibor

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>      SERBS and FRIENDS OF THE SERBIAN PEOPLE!
>            We announce hereby that a
>
>    A MASS DEMONSTRATION in SUPPORT OF SELF-DETERMINATION
>          for SERBS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
>
>    will take place on Saturday, August 15, 1992,
>          from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
>
> on the Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, in front of the United Nations,
>    the corner of 1st Avenue and 47th Street in New York City*
>
>
> You all know that in these tragic days, the faith of the Serbian people
> is being decided on two battlegrounds: on the battlefields in Bosnia and
> Herzegovina and in tha halls of the United Nations.  The greatest tragedy
> that could befall our people at this time, an international military
> intervention against Serbs, could take place only with the approval of
> the United Nations.
>
> SERBS!  COME TO THE U.N. AND TELL THE WORLD THAT A MILITARY STRIKE
> AGAINST SERBS WILL CAUSE GREATER BLOODSHED, NOT PEACE!
>
> NOTHING CAN FORCE BOSNIAN SERBS TO LIVE IN A MUSLIM-DOMINATED STATE
> AGAINST THEIR OWN VOTE!
>
> RAISE YOUR VOICE AGAINST FALSE REPORTING FROM BOSNIA BY CNN!
>
> On this day, the Serbian demonstrators will demand that the United
> Nations mediate negotiations about a peaceful territorial division of
> Bosnia and Herzegovina.  On this day, the Serbian demonstrators will
> demand that the U.N. exert pressure on the Muslim leadership of Bosnia
> and Herzegovina, the leadership that has repeatedly refused to
> negotiate, and has insisted on an all-out war.
>
> Let us come before the building of the United Nations, and let us tell
> the world that
>
> SERBS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA HAVE A RIGHT TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY ON
>       THEIR MAJORITY-POPULATED, HISTORIC TERRITORIES!
>
> Join THOUSANDS of fellow Serbs from across the U.S.  This rally is to
> be not only a demonstration in support of our embattled brethren, but a
> demonstration that ALL Serbian organizations today stand unified in a
> common Serbian cause.
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> Organizers of the Rally: Concerned American Serbs
> Co-organizers:           Youth Club "Milos Obilic"
>                          The Serbian Unity Congress
>
> * ALL participants are being asked to join the procession of
> demonstrators who will MARCH to the site of this demonstration.  Those
> who want to join in the march should be in front of the Serbian Orthodox
> Cathedral St. Sava, 26th St and 5th Ave, at 10:00 AM.  DEMONSTRATORS
> ARE ASKED TO WEAR WHITE CLOTHING.  Black arm-bands will be distributed
> in front of the church and on the demonstration site.  Banners, Serbian
> and American flags are welcome, but a good number of banners will be
> available at the site.  At 4:00 PM, the demonstrators shall return to
> the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church for a five o'clock religious
> service.  Supper for all will follow.
>
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