▁" children ▁and ▁youth ▁press " ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁daily ▁Os lob od jen je ; ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁he ▁was ▁assistant ▁chief ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁Os lo bo đ en je . ▁ ▁Diplom atic ▁career ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁T ito , ▁since ▁his ▁family ▁name ▁was ▁becoming ▁a ▁li ability , ▁he ▁looked ▁for ▁a ▁period ▁abroad . ▁A ▁perfect ▁franc oph one , ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁D iz d are vić ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁Y ug oslav ▁foreign ▁service ▁as ▁First ▁Secretary ▁of ▁the ▁Emb ass y ▁of ▁Y ug oslav ia ▁in ▁Paris , ▁until ▁when ▁– ▁he ▁said ▁– ▁" it ▁became ▁impossible ▁to ▁work ▁for ▁an ▁emb ass y ▁of ▁Gre ater ▁Ser bia ". ▁ ▁In ▁Sar aje vo ▁during ▁the ▁sie ge ▁ ▁He ▁got ▁back ▁to ▁Sar aje vo ▁on ▁ 2 ▁April ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁four ▁days ▁before ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁war . ▁He ▁spent ▁the ▁three - year ▁sie ge ▁of ▁Sar aje vo ▁in ▁the ▁town , ▁ref using ▁all ▁offers ▁to ▁leave ▁it : ▁" there ▁were ▁moments ▁in ▁which ▁I ▁thought ▁that ▁Sar aje vo ▁only ▁had ▁one ▁chance ▁over ▁hundreds ▁to ▁surv ive . ▁But ▁that ▁single ▁chance ▁su ffic ed ," ▁he ▁later ▁declared ▁to ▁Lib ération . ▁ ▁Human ▁rights ▁activ ist ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁Bos n ian ▁war , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁he