Ark Royal to be deployed in Bosnia mission
- Title
- Ark Royal to be deployed in Bosnia mission
- Genre
- Speech
- TX Date
- 14 Jan 1993
- Year of production
- 1993
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- Duration
- 00:02:00
- Description
- Commons announcement by Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind of the decision to deploy HMS Ark Royal and support ships and troops to the Adriatic to increase protection for British troops delivering humanitarian aid in Bosnia. Rifkind maintains the government’s position of non-intervention in the civil war in the former Yugoslavia.
- Contributors
- Malcolm Rifkind
- Keywords
- Armed forces; Ethnic conflicts; Humanitarian assistance; War (concept); Warships; Wars (events); Religious conflicts; Yugoslavia; Civil wars (events); Civil war (concept); Bosnia and Herzegovina; Yugoslav War (1991-1995); HMS Ark Royal
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