RepositorySpecial Collections Archives (GB 0029)
Ref NoEUL MS 143/10/3/25
Alt Ref NoF/K.8
Date1991
LevelFile
TitlePost-war humanitarian aid
DescriptionFolder of press-cuttings and telex reports relating to postwar humanitarian aid, including UN reports on Iraqi and Kuwaiti needs. Topics covered include the role of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, the UN co-ordinator for humanitarian aid to Iraq, malnourishment and mistreatment of political prisoners, reports of food distribution in different areas and problems faced by UK charities in distributing aid to Kurdish refugees, a press release from AWD Bedford - with attached B&W photograph - showing a news Bedford truck being used by 'The Simple Truth' charity for transporting aid to Kurds, press release from the Overseas Development Administration, news of the opening of a sick children's refuge in Baghdad by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, reports of Iraq diverting food aid away from Kurds, and a thick bundle of UN reports and documentation relating to their missions to Iraq and Kuwait in March 1991, along with correspondence between the Foreign Office and Crusoe regarding supply of photocopies.
LanguageEnglish
Access StatusOpen
Creator_NameCrusoe; Jonathan Richard Huthwaite (1953-1991); journalist and writer
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