{"id":27541,"date":"2023-12-15T09:37:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27541"},"modified":"2023-12-15T09:37:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:37:48","slug":"president-milanovic-receives-organizers-and-participants-of-white-road-to-nova-bila-and-bosna-srebrena-convoy-that-saved-croats-of-lasva-valley","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-receives-organizers-and-participants-of-white-road-to-nova-bila-and-bosna-srebrena-convoy-that-saved-croats-of-lasva-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 Receives Organizers and Participants of \u201cWhite Road to Nova Bila and Bosna Srebrena\u201d Convoy that Saved Croats of La\u0161va Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 received today the organizers and participants of the humanitarian convoy \u201cWhite Road to Nova Bila and Bosna Srebrena\u201d on the occasion of the 30<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of this major humanitarian event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cWhite Road to Nova Bila and Bosna Srebrena\u201d was a humanitarian convoy that brought indispensable assistance in December 1993 to about 70 thousand Croats from the La\u0161va Valley in Bosnia and Herzegovina, who had lived in a total encirclement and blockade. Famine threatened the population of the La\u0161va Valley, and the major problem was a lack of medicines, equipment and medical staff in the Nova Bila hospital, which was the only remaining hospital for Croats in the municipalities of Travnik, Novi Travnik, Vitez and Busova\u010da.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The convoy left Zagreb on 10 December and included 99 semi-trucks, which transported medicines, medical equipment, food and multiple other necessities to the hospital in Nova Bila. Medical staff also travelled in the convoy, and came to the assistance of physicians in Nova Bila to care for the wounded and sick. The convoy was accompanied by Franciscan priests, public figures, journalists. With the arrival of the \u201cWhite Road to Nova Bila and Bosna Srebrena\u201d convoy, the blockade was broken through, and the public received information on the suffering and difficult position of the Croats in the La\u0161va Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The convoy was led by Dr. Slobodan Lang and Dr. Herman Vuku\u0161i\u0107, and was organized under the auspices of the Croatian President of the time Dr. Franjo Tu\u0111man. One hundred and forty-three persons participated in the convoy, and the trip to Nova Bila lasted 14 days. Besides breaking through the eight-month total blockade of Croats in the La\u0161va Valley and bringing assistance in the form of food and medicines, the humanitarian convoy \u201cWhite Road to Nova Bila and Bosna Srebrena\u201d gave encouragement and faith to the Croats of Central Bosnia that they were not alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking about the organization and the significance of the \u201cWhite Road to Nova Bila and Bosna Srebrena\u201d humanitarian convoy at the meeting in the Office of the President of the Republic were its participants: the first president of the \u201cWhite Road to Nova Bila and Bosna Srebrena\u201d humanitarian convoy Miro Jakovljevi\u0107, the convoy\u2019s commander Dr. Herman Vuku\u0161i\u0107, the deputy commander Ante \u010ci\u010din Karlov, as well as convoy participants Milka Grani\u0107 Husi\u0107 and Davorin Vi\u0161nji\u0107, also photojournalist of Ve\u010dernji list. Also in attendance at the meeting were the publisher of the book \u201cBijeli put za Novu Bilu I Bosnu Srebrenu\u201d Josip Jur\u010devi\u0107, and the president of the \u201cSaint Anthony\u2019s Bread\u201d charitable society, and the abbot of the St. Elijah Franciscan monastery in Zagreb Franciscan Friar Marinko Baoti\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the words of the participants, the Croatian public is not sufficiently informed of the importance of the \u201cWhite Road to Nova Bila and Bosna Srebrena\u201d humanitarian convoy, which actually launched organized humanitarian aid and support to the Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside President Milanovi\u0107 was the Special Adviser to the President for Homeland War Veterans Marijan Marekovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n<!--GALLERY BLOCK-->\n<div class=\"c-lightbox-gallery js-lightbox\">\n                <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0026-1024x683.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0026-768x512.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0033-1024x731.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0033-768x549.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0063-1024x683.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0063-768x512.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0089-1-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0089-1-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n        <\/div>\n<!--end GALLERY BLOCK-->\n\n\n\n<p>PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Dario Andri\u0161ek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 received today the organizers and participants of the humanitarian convoy \u201cWhite Road to Nova Bila and Bosna Srebrena\u201d on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of this major humanitarian event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27538,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-27541","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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