US rejects Major’s Kurds proposal

Title

US rejects Major’s Kurds proposal

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

12 Apr 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:27

Description

North American correspondent Paul Woodley reports on the rejection by Europe and the United States of a proposal suggested by British Prime Minister John Major to create a UN-administered safe haven to protect Kurdish refugees within Iraq. They have yet to respond to a recent attack on Kurds by Iraq. And on calls for more aid to Kurdish refugees. Includes statements by US President George H. W. Bush; Abdul Amir al-Anbari, Iraqi Ambassador to the UN. Broadcast on LBC FM Breakfast.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; George H. W. Bush; Abdul Amir al-Anbari

Keywords

USA; Armed forces; UN; Humanitarian assistance; Ethnic groups; Foreign aid; Wars (events); Political refugees; John Major; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); EC; Kurds

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