Haitian sanctions and US foreign policy

Title

Haitian sanctions and US foreign policy

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

13 Oct 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:25

Description

An American ship carrying UN forces was not allowed to land at Port-au-Prince on Monday as the UN considers extending economic sanctions against Haiti for not abiding by an agreement to hand back power to the democratically elected president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. As Paul Woodley reports from New York this has created a problem for the Haitians and US President Bill Clinton who doesn’t need another foreign policy crisis with poor opinion polls following peacekeeping mission in Somalia turning violent. Includes speech by Clinton.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Bill Clinton

Keywords

USA; Armed forces; Political systems; UN; Economic sanctions; Foreign policy; Peacekeeping; Public opinion polls; Somalia; Bill Clinton; Haiti; Port-au-Prince; Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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