In Italy, on the Tiber River in Rome in 2005, the World Organization for the Protection of Seas and Oceans “MAREVIVO” organized the event “FIVE EVENINGS FOR THE SEA” under the auspices of the Italian Ministry for Environment and Territory Protection, which was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Convention from of Barcelona on the protection of seas and oceans, awarded the first prize to Vesko Mijajlović “for his humanitarian mission and contribution to underwater demining and the protection of citizens from underwater mines“. and was delivered by the president of this organization, Rozalba Đuni.
