THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES AT 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIGHTING CANCER IN SERBIA

Belgrade, 10 December 2007 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine attended tonight at the Crystal Ballroom of the Hyatt Hotel an event dedicated to 80 years of fighting cancer in Serbia.

Today is the 80th anniversary of the Yugoslav Society for Studying and Curing Cancer and the 40th anniversary of The Serbian Society for Fighting Cancer.

The event was organised under the patronage of Mr. Boris Tadic, the President of Serbia and was also attended by prominent oncology experts from our and the neighbouring countries, representatives of the Academies of sciences, professional organisations, the media, and others.

On this occasion, HRH Crown Princess Katherine greeted the present and said: “My husband and I deeply respect your endeavour in preventing and curing this mean disease, as well as educating our citizens. Prevention is our strongest weapon. My Foundation and Lifeline Humanitarian Organisation are trying very hard to bring the best world experts here, so that they can exchange experiences with our doctors”.

The Crown Princess also announced activities of her Foundation as regards cervical cancer and breast cancer prevention, and added that the Royal Family will always continue to try and help in this matter as much as possible.

HRH Crown Prince Alexander also greeted the present and said that the patrons of the Yugoslav Society for Studying and Curing Cancer, which was the fourth such Society in the world, were King Alexander I and Queen Maria of Yugoslavia – his grandparents.

The marking of the 80th anniversary of fighting cancer in our country is an opportunity for the public, the general population, health institutions and medical workers, as well as the media and the Government to become more aware of the significance of the problem of maligned diseases, and also to point out the possibilities of their prevention.