From MIROSLAV SIMIC
The Yugoslav Immunological Society, like other scientific associations
in Yugoslavia, has for the past 15 years functioned as a harmonious union
of independent immunological societies from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina
and Macedonia. In 1969 it was one of the founding members of the International
Union of Immunological Societies. Since then, the society has developed
personal and professional contacts with immunologists across all ideological
and national barriers around the world and from all parts of Yugoslavia.
During this period, a modern immunology with corresponding research and
teaching was developed, international and Yugoslav immunological conferences
were organised, and many immunologists from Yugoslavia participated in international
research projects. Now, however, all these achievements as well as the existence
of the Yugoslav Immunological Society itself are seriously endangered and
even the lives of our young colleagues are threatened by a dirty and insane
war.
This most uncivilised and irrational war in the heart of Europe must
be stopped immediately. If not, it will necessarily evolve into total ethnic,
religious and civil war resulting in massive loss of human lives, destruction
of cultural monuments, devastation of vast territories, migration of huge
masses of population, and finally ending with economic collapse, enormous
unemployment and social misery.
Obviously, our science which was so painfully developed to become a
part of the world scientific community, will be seriously crippled for a
long time. Therefore we appeal to responsible and conscientious scientists
around the civilised world to help us save what still can be saved by publicly
pleading, individually or through their institutions, for an urgent application
of all possible measures by the European Community and the UN to stop the
war immediately and to help create conditions for a civilised, peaceful
and democratic postcommunistic transformation of our society, based on negotiations
between all involved parties and strict respect of human rights of all the
citizens of Yugoslavia.
Miroslav Simic Yugoslavia Immunological Society Belgrade, Yugoslavia
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