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Sanctions

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1985–1989Date range
3Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1985

Geoffrey Howe25 September 1985

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Announces to the United Nations General Assy Britain will raise EC sanctions against South Africa

1986

Margaret Hilda Thatcher26 June 1986

Government / Conservative Party Government

Attends an EC summit & opposes sanctions against South Africa

Margaret Hilda Thatcher1986

Government / Conservative Party Government

Opposes the US sanctions against Libya

1989

Margaret Hilda Thatcher22 October 1989

Kuala Lumpur · Government / Conservative Party Government

Thatcher refuses to join Commonwealth sanctions against South Africa

John Roy MajorOctober 1989

Kuala Lumpur · Government / Conservative Party Government

Opposes sanctions against South Africa

Names involved

Geoffrey HoweJohn Roy MajorMargaret Hilda Thatcher

Provenance

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