NATO lifts air strike threat against Serbs at Sarajevo

Title

NATO lifts air strike threat against Serbs at Sarajevo

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

21 Feb 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:02:32

Description

NATO’s threat of an air strike against Serbian forces has been lifted after Serbian troops removed heavy weapons from around Sarajevo. With reaction from Britain’s ambassador to the UN Sir David Hannay; US ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright; Bosnian ambassador to the UN Muhamed Sacirbey. US President Bill Clinton spoke with Boris Yeltsin and in a statement read by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers thanked the Russians for their contribution to the peace effort. Report by Paul Woodley from New York.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Madeleine Albright; David Hannay; Muhamed Sacirbey; Dee Dee Myers

Keywords

Ethnic conflicts; Russia; International relations; UN; Weapons; Conflict resolution; NATO; Peacebuilding; Aerial bombardment; Wars (events); Bill Clinton; Boris Yeltsin; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Sarajevo; Yugoslav War (1991-1995); Artillery

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