UN resolution and US aid for Kurds

Title

UN resolution and US aid for Kurds

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

6 Apr 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:49

Description

Paul Woodley reports from New York on the UN Security Council finally agreeing on a resolution condemning Iraqi treatment of the Kurds and Shiite Muslims and calling for humanitarian aid to be allowed in. And on US aid drops to Kurds that have been announced. Speakers are: British ambassador to the UN Sir David Hannay; US President George H W Bush; State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler; President of the Council for a Free Iraq Sa’d Salih Jabr.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; George H. W. Bush; Margaret Tutwiler; David Hannay; Sa’d Salih Jabr

Keywords

USA; UN; Humanitarian assistance; Ethnic groups; Turkey; Foreign aid; Persecution; Political refugees; Iraq; Saddam Hussein; Kurds

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