10.02.2020.
Private 1st Class Uroš Ždero receives Special Plaque for the Noblest Feat of the Year
At the Belgrade City Hall, plaques for the noblest feat of the year have been officially presented and it has been for the 57th time that Večernje Novosti daily presented them to individuals and organisations that marked the year behind us with their heroic, humane and selfless deeds.
At the ceremony attended by Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin and his associates, apart from other high officials, it was announced that the jury, chaired by Academician Matija Bećković, had decided that the silver plaque should go to the hands of the Serbian Armed Forces Private 1st Class Uroš Ždero.
The statement of reasons for the decision states that Ždero, an ambulance driver in the First Army Brigade, deserved this flattering recognition because, on 2nd September last year, on a highway not far from Stari Žednik, after a serious car accident, when a car slid under the trailer and three Turkish nationals were killed – he saved a seven-year-old boy with internal bleeding as he urgently transported him to a hospital in Subotica postponing his regular task.The gold plaque for the noblest individual feat went to 26-year-old Nikola Subašić, who saved life of his best friend when he decided to give him a part of his liver and kidney. The flattering recognition of the noblest collective endeavour was given to the “believing people and clergy of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro”, because of, as it is states, “the images that are to be remembered and which are testimonies of faith and perseverance in the defence of the sanctuaries”.
The golden plaque for the noblest children’s feat was awarded to Anastasia Vujić, as well as the one for the noblest feat which is awarded posthumously - to Darko Vujošević, who died helping family to escape during the storm on Skadar Lake.
In addition to members of the Serbian Armed Forces, another nine individuals and groups of humane people, who particularly distinguished themselves by their generosity in the year behind us, were rewarded with the Silver Plaque.Welcoming those present at today's ceremony, congratulating the heroes, editor-in-chief of Večernje Novosti daily, Milorad Vučelić emphasised that these were only those whose feats were recorded.
- Many more are out of our sight, and they testify, from the head, heart and soul, to the true face of our people, adorned with kindness, faith, a sense of duty, as well as strength of character and heroism - Vučelić said.
Chairman of the Jury, Academician Matija Bećković, emphasised that the feats are always new, unique and unrepeatable.
- The Scripture says that ten righteous men will save the world, and there are more of them here today, those who have not calculated or expected glory or recognition. They had a conscience, which is another name for God, Bećković said, congratulating the “ascetics”, particularly addressing the recognition to the believers and the clergy of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, which was awarded to Metropolitan bishop Amfilohije - paying respect to those who “stood up to defend sanctuaries in Gandhi's manner, without voice and without shouting”.Serbian Armed Forces Private 1st Class Uroš Ždero said he was proud to be in the company of the most humane people in Serbia, and that he would not have even today the dilemma of whether to help a person in need.
- Not only I, but, I am sure, all my colleagues, members of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces, will always come to rescue of people in need, because it is the most sacred duty - Private 1st Class Ždero said, whose wife Cveta and their daughters Nina and Nevena were first to congratulate him.Members of the Serbian Armed Forces in the year behind us, as many times before, have repeatedly shown humanity by helping citizens in the most difficult situations, often risking their lives, thus proving that Serbia can always count on its army.
