1987 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

10th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

Host country|  Canada
Dates| 13–17 October 1987
Venue(s)| Lake Okanagan Resort
Cities| Vancouver
Chair| Brian Mulroney
(Prime Minister)
Follows| 1986
Precedes| 1989
Key points

Apartheid

The 1987 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the tenth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in Vancouver, Canada, between 13 October 1987 and 17 October 1987, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney.

The meeting was marked by a confrontation between most Commonwealth leaders, including conference chair Mulroney, and Britain's Margaret Thatcher over the issue of economic sanctions against South Africa with Thatcher opposing sanctions and most other leaders being for sanctions.[1]

## References

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1. ^ "Thatcher wrong on apartheid, Mandela, South Africa says".

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