Commonwealth endorse sanctions on South Africa

Title

Commonwealth endorse sanctions on South Africa

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

18 Oct 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:04:09

Description

Commonwealth leaders have opened their conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with the issue of sanctions on South Africa being raised at the very start. UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is a lone voice opposing sanctions. Peter Murphy reports with speeches by Dr Mahathir, Prime Minister of Malaysia; Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney; Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew. Also annoucement by Dr Mathathir of the Secretary General appointment to Emeka Anyaoku of Nigeria.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; Brian Mulroney; Mahathir bin Mohamad; Lee Kuan Yew

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; Great Britain; Apartheid; Conferences; Economic sanctions; Commonwealth of Nations; Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur; Southa Africa; Emeka Anyaoku

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