Rwandan refugees aid

Title

Rwandan refugees aid

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

25 Jul 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:46

Description

Chris Carnegy reports on the US aid effort to help refugees in Zaire from the genocide in Rwanda who are suffering starvation and cholera thousands have died already. Speakers are US President Bill Clinton’s special advisor on Rwanda, Brian Atwood; pilot of food drop Ramone Ware(?); Bill Clinton; Ray Wilkinson of the UN Refugees Commission; Red Cross worker Colin McCallum in Goma, Zaire; Colonel Jonathan Bortner(?), part of food drop operation; and Nicholas Hinton from Save the Children.

Contributors

Bill Clinton; Nicholas Hinton; Chris Carnegy; Colin McCallum; Brian Atwood; Ramone Ware(?); Ray Wilkinson; Jonathan Bortner(?)

Keywords

USA; Deaths; Ethnic conflicts; Water supply; Charities; Humanitarian assistance; Refugees; Genocide; Water; Water quality; Drinking water; Sanitation; Water treatment; Political refugees; Zaire; Food aid; Rwanda; Cholera

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