Victory Report No.16: Into the 80s - interview with Sonny Ramphael, Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat

Title

Victory Report No.16: Into the 80s - interview with Sonny Ramphael, Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat

Transmission details

19 Mar 1980 at 19:03

Description

Radio Victory into the 80s. Tonight, we have our 3rd guest in this occasional series, in which we talk to leading figures from the world of Politics and Literature, to know how they see things which will shape the world in the next decade. This evening, the guest is a prominent diplomat. Born in Guiana, he read Law in London, and become the Guiana Foreign Affair in Justice Minister in 1972. Then he took on the role of Vice-President of the United Nations, and in 1975, he became Secretary General of Commonwealth Secretariat. Last year, at the Lusaka Commonwealth Head of State Meeting, he was elected for a further 5 years, and is tipped to become the next Secretary General of the United Nations. With all these qualifications together with his knowledge current affairs in Zimbabwe and Rhodesia, make him an eminent guest today for Radio Victory Report, with this question: How does Mr Rampahel see Zimbabwe’s chances of emerging as a strong secure African democracy by the end of a decade, after the recent election of Robert Mugabi as Prime Minister? [Box 7]

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Duration

00:25:01

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Speed:- 7.5ips

Production company

Radio Victory

Technical information

Stereo

Extent

1 tape

Credits

Presenter

Guy Payne

Interviewees

Sonny Ramphael