3. Juni 1993 während der Belagerung von Sarajevo: internationalen Verhandlungsführer für die Europäische Union, Lord David Owen (links) und Thorvald Stoltenberg (neben ihm), von Jeremy Bowen von der BBC interviewt am Flughafen von Sarajevo, wo Sie gerade angekommen sind.
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Aufnahmedatum:
3. Juni 1993
Ort:
Sarajevo Airport, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
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Lord David Owen (born 2nd July 1938) was joint author of the Vance–Owen Peace Plan (VOPP), in January 1993. After Vance's withdrawal, Owen and Thorvald Stoltenberg brokered the EU Action Plan of December 1993. They both helped the Contact Group of the US/UK/France/Germany and Russia to present its plan in the summer of 1994. In early 1994, the European Parliament voted by 160 votes to 90, with 2 abstentions, for Owen's dismissal, but he was supported by all 15 EU Member State governments. There was a perception in America that Owen was "not fulfilling his function as an impartial negotiator". Owen, however, was consistently supported by all 15 EU Member States and the German Presidency in July 1994 urged him to remain as did the French Presidency in January 1995. Owen was made a Companion of Honour for his services in the former Yugoslavia in 1994. In January 1995, Lord Owen wrote to François Mitterrand as President of the European Union to say that he wished to step down before the end of the French presidency. At the end of May 1995, he was succeeded by former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt. Thorvald Stoltenberg (8th July 1931 – 13th July 2018) was a Norwegian politician. He served as Minister of Defence (1979–81) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1987–1989 and 1990–1993) in two Labour governments. In 1993, he was appointed Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the former Yugoslavia and UN Co-Chairman of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on the former Yugoslavia. The Siege of Sarajevo was the longest of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. After being initially besieged by the forces of the Yugoslav People's Army, Sarajevo was besieged by the Army of Republika Srpska from 5th April 1992 to 29th February 1996 (1, 425 days) during the Bosnian War. In total, 13, 952 people were killed during the siege.
