Commonwealth summit on South Africa sanctions
- Title
- Commonwealth summit on South Africa sanctions
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
- TX Date
- 5 Aug 1986
- Year of production
- 1986
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- Duration
- 00:03:49
- Description
- Report on the Commonwealth sanctions against South Africa agreed at a summit, and Britain’s rebellious stance. UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher defends her position on sanctions; also comment from Commonwealth Secretary-General, Shridath (Sonny) Ramphal; summit Chair, Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Lynden Pindling. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Margaret Thatcher; Shridath Ramphal; Lynden Pindling
- Keywords
- Margaret Thatcher; EEC; South Africa; UK; Apartheid; International relations; Conferences; Economic sanctions; Anti-apartheid movements; Prime ministers; Commonwealth of Nations; Foreign policy; Europe; Summits (meetings)
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LBC/IRN, "Commonwealth summit on South Africa sanctions". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0009900052008 (Accessed 15 Jun 2025)