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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

Howe tells the United Nations General Assembly that Britain supports agreed European Community measures intended to increase pressure on South Africa over apartheid.

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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