Thatcher opposes Commonwealth over South African sanctions

Title

Thatcher opposes Commonwealth over South African sanctions

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

25 Oct 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:46

Description

Political editor Peter Murphy reports from the Commonwealth conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the outrage of fellow heads of government against Margaret Thatcher after she signed the official document on sanctions against the apartheid regime in South Africa and then issued a separate statement setting out the points on which Britain disagreed. Includes criticism from Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Foreign Secretary John Major defending Britain’s position.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; Robert Mugabe; John Major; Brian Mulroney

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher; South Africa; Great Britain; Apartheid; International relations; Conferences; Economic sanctions; Commonwealth of Nations; Black African peoples; Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur

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