1987 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting explained

Summit Name:10th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Country: Canada
Venues:Lake Okanagan Resort
Cities:Vancouver
Heads Of State Label: or Government
Chairperson:Brian Mulroney
(Prime Minister)
Follows:1986
Precedes:1989
Keypoints: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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Thatcher wrong on apartheid, Mandela, South Africa says.