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Amr Moussa

The secretary-general of the Arab league talks to Sir David about rebuilding Gaza.

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Amr Moussa meets Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, to discuss Israel’s war on Gaza [EPA] 

In this episode of Frost over the World, Sir David talks to Amr Moussa, the secretary-general of the Arab League, about the rebuilding of Gaza. Plus, is Sri Lanka’s civil war really nearing an end?

This episode of Frost over the World aired from Friday, February 6, 2009.

Amr Moussa

 

Sir David talks to the secretary-general of the Arab League about the role Arab nations should play in rebuilding Gaza in the wake of Israel’s offensive there and what it would take to bring about an end to the conflict.

 

Rohitha Bogollagama and Suren Surendiran

 

If the predictions of the Sri Lankan government and army are to be believed, the country’s 25-year civil war may be coming to an end.

Rohitha Bogollagama, the Sri Lankan foreign minister, and Suren Surendiran, a Tamil representative, join the show.

Stephen Daldry

 

Film director Stephen Daldry joins Sir David to talk about his new film The Reader.

Based on Bernard Schlink’s best-selling novel of the same name, the film, which is about post-war guilt in Germany, has been nominated for an Academy Award.

Ossar Skarphedinsson and Shami Chakrabati

 

 

Ossar Skarphedinsson, the Icelandic foreign minister, discusses the impact the economic crisis is having on his country.

Shami Chakrabarti, the director of human rights organisation Liberty, also joins Sir David to discuss allegations that the British government was complicit in the torture of prisoners at Guantanamo.