BBC Newsnight And Cambodia

EDM number 332 in 1989-90, proposed by George Galloway on 18/01/1990.

That this House is dismayed at the item on BBC's Newsnight of 16th January on Cambodia in which the opposition coalition of Pol Pot, Son San and Prince Sihanouk were referred to as 'The Resistance', a description comparable in its odious inappropriateness with the similar description of the Nicaraguan Contras by President Reagan; deplores the programme's apparent ignorance of this coalition's military domination by the Khmer Rouge and the consequent hollowness of the Sihanoukist 'promises' broadcast that Pol Pot will not return to power; expresses the hope that Newsnight will make John Pilger's film 'Cambodia Year 10', compulsory viewing for staff reporting on Cambodia; and reminds them that Pol Pot continues to stand accused of genocide.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.