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2 unusual facts about Thorvald Stoltenberg


Thorvald Stoltenberg

Stoltenberg himself kept the story a secret, until Farber in December 2006 revealed it on the Norwegian talk-show Først & sist.

One of the other rescuers, future famous American journalist Barry Farber called this the greatest act of courage he has ever seen in his life.


Peace plans offered before and during the Bosnian War

On 20 August, the U.N. mediators Thorvald Stoltenberg and David Owen unveiled a map that would partition Bosnia into three ethnic mini-states, in which Bosnian Serb forces would be given 52 percent of Bosnia-Herzegovina's territory, Muslims would be allotted 30 percent and Bosnian-Herzegovina Croats would receive 18 percent.


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