Actors petition for lifting of Sarajevo seige

Title

Actors petition for lifting of Sarajevo seige

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

28 Jul 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:01:24

Description

Nicky Broyd reports on a group of famous actors handing in a petition to the Foreign Office calling for the siege of Sarajevo to be lifted. Actor Anthony Andrews talks about how the UN peacekeeping soldiers have their hands tied and says the petition is not pointless.

Contributors

Nicky Broyd; Anthony Andrews

Keywords

Ethnic conflicts; UN; Famous people; Peacekeeping; Wars (events); Bosnia and Herzegovina; Sarajevo; Yugoslav War (1991-1995); Siege warfare; Petitioning

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