Tribunal Exhibit opening (Part 1)

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The “Ukraine. Crucifixion. Tribunal” project, focusing on russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, was showcased in the United States (at 866 United Nations Plaza in New York) beginning on March 31st. Speakers at the opening: - Moderator: Andrij Dobriansky, Director of Communications for the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, and Chair of the UN Affairs Committee for the Ukrainian World Congress - President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy (by video) - Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine - Amb. Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations - Amb. Martin Bille Hermann, Permanent Representative of Denmark to the United Nations - Amb. Rytis Paulauskas, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Nations - Amb. Krzysztof Maria Szczerski, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations - Amb. Richard M. Mills, Jr., Deputy Permanent Representative, Deputy Permanent Representative in the Security Council of the United States - Yuliia “Taira” Paievska, volunteer, former POW, and recipient of the U.S. Secretary of State’s 2023 International Women of Courage Award - Bohdan Hubskyy, founder of the Ukraine – 21st Century Foundation - Yurii Savchuk, Director of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, curator of the “Ukraine. Crucifixion. Tribunal” project This is an international exhibition is dedicated to the establishment of the Special International Tribunal, which will judge russia for the crime of aggression. The exhibit opened on the eve of the UN voting on the resolution establishing the special international mechanism, which will punish the aggressor state. The exposition is formed of the artifacts collected within a year in the field expeditions to the newly de-occupied Ukrainian settlements. In the early days of April, there were the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, in September and October – the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, in November – the Kherson region. In addition, the photo, audio and video fixations of testimonies were carried out. In the area of 16,000 square feet, over 1,000 museum exhibits are located. The artifacts are compositionally combined into the structure blocks and reveal the extremely important topics of the war. Among the exhibits: a row of the enemy uniforms, shoes and boots of the military invaders shape the five-pointed russian star inherited from the Soviet era. The enemy maps demonstrate thorough preparations for the attack. One of them was used by the russian saboteur group that had to assist the russian invaders to capture Kyiv. The impressive images were taken on March 8, 2022 – this is the report on one day from the life of the Ukrainian capital on the 13th day of the war. Through the enemy military equipment, samples of ammunition and insignia, documents, diaries, personal letters and children drawings, newspapers, everyday items, the image of the so-called “second strongest” army of the world, which overstepped all the boundaries of humanness and morality. Creators: National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War. Memorial complex. Logistic partner: Kunsttrans - Kyiv. Venue from: 866 UNP. Curator - Yurii Savchuk Designer – Anton Logov.