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13 results found for '"Geneva Convention"' in Keywords.
IRA families campaign for POW status (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Anonymous female member of the Belfast Relatives Action Committee explains the campaign for IRA prisoners to be awarded POW status. Female interviewer not identified.
John Fieldhouse on Argentine Prisoners of War (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Sir John Fieldhouse, Commander-in-Chief of the British fleet in the Falkland Islands, gives a press conference in his operations room about the conditions of the Argentine Prisoners of War following their...
John Major reminds Iraq of Geneva Convention (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
Prime Minister John Major gives a speech in the House of Commons, alluding to hard times ahead, and reminding Iraq that they are bound by the (Third) Geneva Convention, specifically where prisoners of war...
Air Commander Jock Stirrup on POWs in Iraq (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
RAF Marham Station Commander, Group Captain Graham Eric (Jock) Stirrup comments on the possibility of two missing airmen (shown on with other Allied servicemen on Iraqi television last night) still being...
POWs forced to make statement on Iraqi television (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Prisoners of war including British airmen have been put on Iraqi television, forced to make a plea for peace. British Flight Lieutenant Adrian John Nichol(?) and US Lieutenant Jeffrey Norton Zaun were among...
US reaction to Iraqi capture of airmen (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Speech; Press conference; Interview; Vox pop
Report on US anger at the treatment of airmen captured in Iraq and shown on Iraqi television. Includes comment from US President, George H. W. Bush; Iraq’s chief diplomat in Washington, Khalid J....
Iraqi prisoners of war (1991)
- Genre
- Interview
Major Steve Howe(?) describes the steps being taken to cater for the religious beliefs and protect the safety of Iraqi prisoners of war in Saudi Arabia under the Geneva Convention. They will be working to...
British prisoners of war used as human shields in Gulf (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Foreign Office minister Douglas Hogg answers press questions about British prisoners of war being held as human shields at economic and scientific sites in Iraq. He says this is a breach of the Geneva...
Peter Arnett on his interview with Saddam Hussein (1991)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
CNN reporter Peter Arnett (only Western reporter left in Baghdad) reports back from Baghdad after being taken to a secret location to interview Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. He asked Saddam about the oil...
Gulf commander on war latest (1991)
- Genre
- Press conference
Britain’s military chief in the Gulf war, Lieutenant General Sir Peter de la Billiere answers press questions about the Iraqi use of allied prisoners of war as human shields; Iraqi aircraft defecting to...