1989 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

11th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Malaysia 18–24 October 1989 Langkawi Kuala Lumpur Heads of State or Government Mahathir Mohamad(Prime Minister) 1987 1991 Langkawi DeclarationEnvironmental sustainabilityApartheid The 1989 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the 11th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, between 18–24 October 1989, and was hosted by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. It was dominated by the issue of sanctions on South Africa, with Britain – represented by Foreign Secretary John Major – being the only country to oppose them, on the grounds that they would end up hurting poorer South Africans far more than the apartheid regime at which they were aimed. The summit ended acrimoniously, with British prime minister Margaret Thatcher issuing a second final communiqué, against established precedent, stating Britain's opposition to sanctions.John Major John Major: The Autobiography https://archive.org/details/johnmajor00john registration Harper Collins 1999 125–28 978-0-00-257004-6 The Langkawi Declaration on the Environment was agreed and issued at the meeting.http://www.thecommonwealth.org/document/34293/35468/171730/1989_langkawi_declaration_on_the_environment.htm 21 October 1989 Langkawi Declaration on the Environment 1989 2008-08-31 Commonwealth Secretariat dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081202064714/http://www.thecommonwealth.org/document/34293/35468/171730/1989_langkawi_declaration_on_the_environment.htm 2 December 2008 International Law and the Conservation of Biological Diversity Bowman Michael Redgwell, Catherine 1996 Kluwer Law International 978-90-411-0863-0 239 References 1989 Category:Diplomatic conferences in Malaysia Category:1980s diplomatic conferences Category:1989 conferences Category:1989 in international relations Category:1989 in Malaysia Category:Malaysia and the Commonwealth of Nations Category:October 1989 in Asia