UN disagrees over help for Kurds

Title

UN disagrees over help for Kurds

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

5 Apr 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:04

Description

Paul Woodley reports on the UN Security Council’s disagreement over what to do about the plight of the Kurds in Iraq who are being persecuted by Saddam Hussein after rebelling against his regime and on Gulf war ceasefire agreement. Includes comment from Iraqi Ambassador to the UN, Abdul Amir al-Anbari and Lionel Rosenblatt of Refugees International. For FM breakfast show.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Abdul Amir al-Anbari; Lionel Rosenblatt

Keywords

USSR; China; International relations; UN; Humanitarian assistance; Ethnic groups; Foreign aid; Persecution; Wars (events); Political refugees; Iraq; Gulf War (1990-1991); Saddam Hussein; Kurds

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