1987 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

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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.

References

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

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