Margaret Thatcher on the environment

Title

Margaret Thatcher on the environment

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

8 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:06

Description

John Allen reports on a speech by UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, to the United Nations in New York (08/11/89), in which she warned of the environmental dangers threatening the world. She called for a vast global cooperative effort to counter the dangers, and promised new help from Britain. See Further information for transcript of the speech.

Further information

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/speeches/displaydocument.asp?docid=107817

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; John Allen

Keywords

USA; Margaret Thatcher; UK; Great Britain; International relations; UN; New York; Prime ministers; Climate change; Global warming; Environment

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