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The ICAR Canned Beef Monument is a public outdoor sculpture in Sarajevo.
A memorial to the food aid delivered during the Siege of Sarajevo, the inscription on the plinth is "Monument to the International Community by the grateful citizens of Sarajevo". However, this is actually ironic and sardonic; in the opinion of the monument's creators, the aid was of the wrong kind: barely-edible canned food (some left over from the Vietnam War and over 20 years expired, some consisting of pork for this half-Muslim country, and in popular legend refused by dogs and cats) instead of weapons.
Designed by Nebojsa Seric Shoba, the sculpture is an outsized representation of a can of beef (a common food supplied during the siege by international organizations), done in painted steel on a marble plinth. It was dedicated on April 6, 2007. Since its dedication it has become scarred with graffiti and some paint has peeled.