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Non-Aligned Summit Proposes Sanctions Against Apartheid

Non-Aligned Summit Proposes Sanctions Against Apartheid
40 years ago September 2, 1986: NAM proposes sanctions · indianexpress.com

The leaders of non-aligned countries met in Harare in 1986.

They wanted countries to work together against apartheid in South Africa.

Apartheid was a system of racial separation and discrimination.

The leaders supported sanctions and other action to pressure South Africa.

They also discussed making the world economy fairer.

Nuclear disarmament was another important issue at the meeting.

The meeting was called the eighth Non-Aligned Summit.

The same newspaper front page reported an attempted bus bombing in Delhi.

The provided report does not give more information about that incident.

Key facts

Publication
The Indian Express
Publication date
September 2, 1986
Summit
Eighth Non-Aligned Summit
Summit location
Harare
Main appeal
International efforts to end apartheid in South Africa
Other issues
A just international economic order and nuclear disarmament
Additional front-page report
A bid to blow up a bus in Delhi

Sources

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