This article is about the business concept. For other uses, see Disinvestment and Divestment campaign . Finance sidebar In finance and economics , divestment or divestiture is the reduction of some kind of asset for either financial or ethical objectives or sale of an existing business by a firm. A divestment is the opposite of an investment . Motives Firms may have several motives for divestitures. First, a firm may divest sell businesses that are not part of its core operations so that it can focus on what it does best. For example, Eastman Kodak , Ford Motor Company , and many other firms have sold various businesses that were not closely related to their core businesses. A second motive for divestitures is to obtain funds. Divestitures generate funds for the firm because it is selling one of its businesses in exchange for cash. For example, CSX Corporation made divestitures to focus on its core railroad business and also to obtain funds so that it could pay off some of its existing debt. A third motive for divesting is that a firm s break up value is sometimes believed to be greater than the value of the firm as a whole. In other words, the sum of a firm s individual asset liquidation values exceeds the market value of the firm s combined assets. This encourages firms to sell off what would be worth more when liquidated than when retained. A fourth motive to divest a part of a firm may be to create stability. Philips , for example, divested its chip division called NXP Semiconductors NXP because the chip market was so volatile and unpredictable that NXP was responsible for the majority ..., for example in order to create competition. Divestment for financial goals Often the term is used ... can be a Corporate spin off spin off . For the United States Divestment of certain parts of a company ... breakup of the Bell System into AT&T and the seven Baby Bell s. Method of divestment Some firms are using ..., incl. divestments See also Consolidation business Corporate social responsibility Demerger Divestment ... more details
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Orphan date February 2009 Fayyad Sbaihat lang ar born in Jenin , Palestine , is a Palestinian people Palestinian American writer and blogger. Life As a student activist, Fayyad focused on corporate ethics, social responsibility in investing, and human rights. In line with a movement modeled after the anti apartheid corporate divestment campaign directed at Apartheid South Africa in the 1970s and 1980s. Mainly through writing, public speaking, and coordinating with academic unions and organizations. He became one of the leaders of and the national spokesperson of the Palestine Solidarity Movement , ref http news.duke.edu mmedia features psm underway.html ref the umbrella organization that coordinates the divestment campaign across the US colleges. ref https natassembly.org July 10 Conference.html ref Fayyad later wrote a divestment handbook titled Fighting the New Apartheid, which was primarily based on his experience organizing with the University of Wisconsin Divestment From Israel Campaign. The campaign was among the most successful divestment from Israel efforts to date, with Fayyad and other UW activists successfully lobbying and ultimately winning the endorsement of TAUWP, the university s largest union of instructors and professionals. Citation needed date September 2010 While in college, Fayyad contributed a regular column to the student newspaper The Badger Herald , covering a variety of political issues, but focusing on the Middle East. ref http badgerherald.com search customsearch.php?cx partner pub 2162610591110839 3Aw5j684 can3&cof FORID 3A11&ie UTF 8&q sbaihat&num 100&sa C2 A0 915 ref References Reflist See also Economic and political boycotts of Israel Academic boycotts of Israel Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sbaihat,Fayyad ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1980 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DE ... more details
is what he refers to as the corrupting impact of divestment programs on the organizations that embrace ... which he likens to the destructive force of divestment programs on civic institutions can only enter one s house if invited. In addition to providing commentary on divestment campaigns to various ... id 4814 title Damaging Divestment date 2008 06 30 publisher The Jewish Advocate ref ref Haber ... more details
TR Oil Services Ltd. TROS was a British company that traded in oilfield production chemicals. History TROS was established in 1972 by Simon Engineering in Manchester , United Kingdom. In 1983, German chemical giant Hoechst AG acquired a 50 share of the company. In 1993, Hoechst acquires the remaining shares and TROS became a 100 Hoechst subsidiary. Following the divestment of the Hoechst speciality chemicals business, TROS became a Clariant subsidiary in 1997, and was subsequently renamed Clariant Oil Services. Category Specialty chemical companies ... more details
Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East is a Christian organization working to correct bias against Israel in the North American Christian community. ref cite web url http christianfairwitness.com title Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East publisher Christianfairwitness.com date December 11, 2009 accessdate May 27, 2011 ref National Director Religious Sister Sr. Ruth Lautt , Dominican Order OP , Esquire Esq. , told a reporter that she believes that the one sided, unbalanced approach on the Middle East taken by many mainline churches is the result of shallow understanding of the Arab Israel conflict . ref Gitell, Seth 2007 06 25 . http www.nysun.com national liberal church more balanced on middle east 57212 Liberal Church More Balanced On Middle East New York Sun , retrieved November 19, 2008 ref In 2008, Fair Witness worked with members of the United Methodist Church to stop the Christian denomination denomination from divestment campaign divesting from its investments divestment from Israel in Israeli companies . ref Fox News 2008 05 05 . http www.foxbusiness.com story christians fair witness applauds united methodists rejecting divestment Christians for Fair Witness Applauds United Methodists for Rejecting Divestment The Fox Business Website , retrieved November 19, 2008 Dead link date December 2011 ref ref cite web last Freedman first Samuel G. url http www.nytimes.com 2008 06 14 us 14religion.html? r 1&ref us&oref slogin title Lawyer Turned Nun Rises to Israel s Defense location Israel publisher New York Times date 2008 06 14 accessdate May 27, 2011 ref References reflist External links http christianfairwitness.com Official Website DEFAULTSORT Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East Category Non governmental organizations involved in the Israeli Palestinian conflict Category Christian organizations Category Christian organization stubs ... more details
America. Inaugural Divestment Conference University of California , Berkeley, California February ..., colonization, and apartheid. Second Annual Divestment Conference University of Michigan , Ann ... supporting divestment from the state of Israel. Third Annual Divestment Conference The conference ... during the conference included a commitment to the divestment campaign and an affirmation of the movement ... occupation. Fourth Annual Divestment Conference Duke University , Oct. 15 17, 2004 http www.dukenews.duke.edu mmedia features psm Fifth Annual Divestment Conference Georgetown University , Washington ... more details
About a form of political sanction the routine business practice divestment Disinvestment , sometimes referred to as divestment , refers to the use of a concerted economic boycott , with specific emphasis ... Main Disinvestment from Iran Eighteen American states have passed laws requiring the divestment of state ... divestment business washington congress.html The Pension Fund Attack On Iran, Niv Elis, 10.16.09 ... a resolution to divest City pension funds from companies doing business with Sudan. The recent divestment ... and genocide perpetrated in the Darfur conflict . In the United States, this divestment has taken ... of Vermont. The Sudan Divestment Task Force http www.genocideintervention.net has organized a nationwide group which advocates a targeted divestment policy, to minimize any negative effects on Sudanese ... divestment approach generally permits investment in Sudan, and is thus radically different from the comprehensive divestment that ended apartheid in South Africa. Because targeted divestment permits investment .... Because of the massive deficiencies in the so called targeted divestment approach, human rights advocates recommend the more comprehensive approach to divestment that has been taken by the State of Illinois ... with the general consensus view on Sudan divestment. The Sudan Divestment Task Force s approach ... effective. The Sudan Divestment Task Force partners with Amnesty International, International Crisis ... endorsed the targeted divestment approach as one that exerts maximum influence on the Sudanese ... of disinvestment campaigns most notably one initiated by the state of Massachusetts . Divestment ... of California, Riverside s Hillel chapter has a Saudi Divestment petition circulating as of 2007 ... Some hold that divestment campaigns are based on a fundamental misunderstanding of how equity market ... perception about the effectiveness of divestment lies in the belief that institutional selling ... of the company may lose substantial paper assets. In addition, institutional divestment ... more details
call to action Divestment campaigns targeting Israel first received media attention in 2002, thanks largely to a high profile divestment petition at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute ...?ref 214629 Faculty Urge Divestment from Israel , David H. Gellis , Harvard Crimson , May 6, 2002 ... divestment effort is the first, though certainly not the only, necessary move in that direction. ref name Tutu 2002 09 02 The origin of the Israeli divestment campaigns can be traced back to the early ..., provided divestment proponents a platform from which to spotlight their political activity. In addition, the wide financial holdings of these institutions generally provided divestment campaigns a list of stocks upon which to base their calls for divestment. Disinvestment efforts Much of the disinvestment ... groups have also called for divestment. Efforts have ranged from general boycott s to targeting specific ... to 62 in July to initiate a process of phased selective divestment in multinational corporations ... divestment from Israeli companies, but instead the Church will target businesses that it believes ... target of the selective divestment campaign because the company manufactures bulldozers used ... adopted in 2004 mandating a process of divestment focused on Israel and endorsed instead a corporate ... the word divestment , the resolution calls for the Church to invest only in companies who are involved ... 1.html title World Council of Churches Endorses Divestment From Israel publisher BeliefNet location ... the selective divestment resolution passed by the Presbyterian Church USA saying that the previous ... but was nonetheless concerned that the divestment campaign has taken on a life of its own ... divestment, but church leaders did not commit their pension or foundation assets to a divestment ... have debated the subject of divestment. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America rejected a pro divestment resolution during the summer of 2005. Citation needed date December 2007 The Episcopal Church ... more details
Economic activism involves using economic power for change. Both conservative and liberal groups use economic activism to boycott companies and organizations that do not agree with their particular political, religious, or social values. Conversely, it also means purchasing from those companies and organizations that do. The idea behind the concept is two fold. First, you will reinforce good behavior and allow those companies that think like you to succeed. Second, you will punish bad behavior and hope that those companies that do not think like you do will fail or will adopt your correct way of thinking. See also Civil disobedience Direct democracy Divestment Dual power General strike Greenpeace Nonviolence Tax resistance econ stub Category Environmentalism Category Labor Category Community organizing ... more details
The Occupied Palestine and Syrian Golan Heights Advocacy Initiative OPGAI is a common platform for Non governmental organization NGOs working in the West Bank and the Golan Heights to coordinate their activities for the World Social Forum and beyond. In January 2005 OPGAI presented a call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions boycott, divestment and sanctions BDS against Israel to the 5th World Social Forum in Porto Alegre , Brazil 26 January to 31 January . ref http www.jai pal.org files WSF OPGAI Statement.pdf Occupied Palestine and Syrian Golan Heights Advocacy Initiative Joint Statement and Call for Action ref ref cite web url http electronicintifada.net v2 article3565.shtml title Palestinians at World Social Forum End the Israeli military occupation author Arjan El Fassed date 27 January 2005 publisher The Electronic Intifada accessdate 15 October 2010 ref Member organizations Al Marsad ref name MemberOrganizations http www.opgai.net portal index.php?q node 39 opgai.net Member Organizations ref Alternative Information Center ref name MemberOrganizations Alternative Tourism Group ref name MemberOrganizations Bisan Center for Research and Development ref name MemberOrganizations Defense for Children International Palestine Section ref name MemberOrganizations Environmental Education Center EEC ref name MemberOrganizations Golan for development ref name MemberOrganizations Jerusalem Centre for Women JCW ref name MemberOrganizations Joint Advocacy Initiative ref name MemberOrganizations Land Research Center LCR ref name MemberOrganizations Mithaq ref name MemberOrganizations The East Jerusalem YMCA Beit Sahour branch ref name MemberOrganizations Union of Health work committees ref name MemberOrganizations Notes reflist External links http www.opgai.net portal opgai.net http esf2008.org registrations occupied palestine syrian golan heights advocacy OPGAI at the European Social Forum 2008 Category Non governmental organizations involved in the Israeli Palestinian con ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Asset Recovery Software is a business term that refers to a set of software tools or modules used in executing asset recovery transactions, managing buyer relationships, and controlling associated business processes. The key purpose of these tools is to help companies effectively identify, reuse, and divest idle assets. Although the functionality included in these systems can vary, it commonly includes one or more of the following Idle asset identification Internal asset redeployment Divestment management Idle asset tracking User management Order management Asset promotion Web Accessibility Asset recovery software can include anything ranging from a small desktop application to an application that resides on a Server computing server that can be accessed by many people across diverse geographic locations. The current trend in larger asset recovery departments is toward increased collaboration and web applications . ref Glenn Wheaton 2008 http www.epiqtech.com investment recovery software.htm Investment Recovery Software online at Epiqtech.com accessed on October 7, 2008 ref Verify credibility date August 2010 Self published inline date August 2010 The introduction of cloud technology and the rise Software as a service Software as a service model led to many new offerings focusing on different aspects of asset recovery. Firms can choose between solutions focusing on internal asset redeployment e.g. http www.AssetGlobe.com enterprise saas AssetGlobe or alternatives developed by online auction, asset trading and recycling providers. Potential Benefits Organizations that adopt asset recovery software generally expect to realize several benefits. These can be monetary or process improvement benefits. Some of these benefits include Process standardization Higher asset sale prices Increased collaboration More redeployments Better identification of idle assets Effective buyer management Better audit preparation Transparent divestment process Increa ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 The Northeast Coalition for the Liberation of Southern Africa NECLSA was an anti apartheid organization founded in 1977 at Yale University by members of the Black Student Alliance at Yale BSAY and students at Rutgers University in response to the massacre of black students by the South African police during the Soweto student uprisings in June 1976. The organization quickly expanded to a majority membership of white Americans. At its height, NECLSA became the umbrella organization of Anti Apartheid committees on some 100 campuses throughout the North East region of the United States. The organization initiated the South Africa divestment movement on the U.S. university campuses. The movement was eminently successful in focusing and influencing corporate America s policy towards apartheid South Africa. It can be argued that NECLSA and its sister organizations in the Mid West, South and West of the United States, made a pivotal contribution to the eventual abolition of apartheid in South Africa. DEFAULTSORT Northeast Coalition For The Liberation Of Southern Africa Category Political advocacy groups in the United States ... more details
No footnotes date September 2010 Susanne Hoder is Moderator of the Interfaith Peace Initiative and a member of the Divestment Task Force of the United Methodist Church New England Conference. Since visiting Israel and the West Bank in 2004, she has been an advocate for a just peace in the region based on equality, international law and human rights. She has spoken at numerous conferences and written articles on the situation in the Holy Land. She has compiled research on publicly held companies that support the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, urging churches and other organizations to withdraw their investments in these companies until Israel complies with international law. References http www.interfaithpeaceinitiative.com http www.neumc.org pages detail 178 http www.unitedmethodistdivestment.com , http umportal.org article.asp?id 2654 http www.projo.com opinion contributors content CT shoder 01 02 09 1DCR2T8 v21.2d0641e.html, Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hoder, Susanne ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hoder, Susanne Category American Methodists Category Living people ... more details
Annax is a Germany German manufacturer of radio and TV broadcasting and communications equipment. It was founded on 1 January 1996 as a divestment by Robert Bosch GmbH . ref cite web url http www.annax.de content view 31 66 title ANNAX Anzeigesysteme GmbH in K rze accessdate 2008 09 02 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20080318145841 http www.annax.de content view 31 66 Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2008 03 18 ref In 2007, Annax took over the traffic business unit of Ascom company Ascom in Switzerland . ref cite web url http www.ascom.com en index news ascom verkauft den geschaeftsbereich traffic an annax news corporate.htm title Ascom sells its Traffic business unit to Annax accessdate 2008 09 02 ref References references External links http www.annax.de content view 31 66 Annax homepage in German Category Companies established in 1996 Germany company stub ... more details
Adam Sterling , born in 1983 in Los Angeles , California, was the Executive Director of the Sudan Divestment Task Force , a project of the Genocide Intervention Network ,and a graduate of UCLA with degrees in Political Science and African American Studies. He appeared in the film Darfur Now as himself, trying to reduce the effects of genocide on the Sudanese through a bill he proposes to Governor Schwarzenegger. He has received many humanitarian awards,and been nominated for awards such as the Do Something Teen choice award and his works regarding Sudan have been published in The Wall Street Journal , The LA Times , The New York Times , and more. References http sudandivestment.org home.asp http www.ushmm.org conscience analysis bios.php?content sterling adam http www.zoominfo.com people Sterling Adam 451412017.aspx Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sterling, Adam ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1983 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sterling, Adam Category University of California, Los Angeles alumni Category American humanitarians Category 1983 births Category Living people ... more details
David Skrbina born June 11, 1960 is a pioneer of ecophilosophy . He stood for the office of Lieutenant Governor for the U.S. state of Michigan as the Green Party United States Green Party candidate in Michigan gubernatorial election, 2006 2006 , as the running mate of Douglas Campbell Michigan politician Douglas Campbell . Skrbina was born and raised in the Detroit area. In 1993 he received his master s degree in mathematics at the University of Michigan , Ann Arbor . After several years experience as a management consultant, he attended the University of Bath gaining a doctorate in philosophy there in 2001. He is currently a professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan s Dearborn, Michigan Dearborn campus. He has developed an ecologically centered worldview encompassing ethics , metaphysics , and cosmology . He is Deputy Director of the Eco Philosophy Center . He has been active in the University of Michigan calling for divestment from Israel. ref http www.pacbi.org boycott news more.php?id A380 0 1 0 M U of M Dearborn student government demands divestment from Israel ref Skrbina published his first book, Panpsychism in the West ISBN 0262195224 , in 2005. Addressing the themes of historical acceptance of panpsychism , its treatment in contemporary scientific and academic discussions, and the ethical implications of panpsychism, the book was well received by critics. ref http ndpr.nd.edu review.cfm?id 4681 Review at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews . ref ref http metapsychology.mentalhelp.net poc view doc.php?type book&id 2887 Review at Metapsychology Online Reviews . ref Skrbina s newest book is an anthology of panpsychist writings, Mind That Abides Panpsychism in the New Millennium Benjamins, 2009 . Selected publications http cosmos.ucc.ie cs1064 jabowen IPSC articles article0027304.html Faculty Perspective On the Question of Divestment from Israel Palestine . http www.bath.ac.uk carpp publications doc theses links d skrbina.html Participation, Organizati ... more details
On Iran, Niv Elis, 10.16.09, Forbes, http www.forbes.com 2009 10 16 iran pension divestment business washington congress.html ref Eighteen American states have passed laws requiring the divestment of state ..., 10.16.09, Forbes, http www.forbes.com 2009 10 16 iran pension divestment business washington congress.html ... more details
. Divestment follows a phased process that starts with attempted dialog and shareholder resolutions ... government. After Talisman withdrew from Sudan, the General Assembly voted to remove it from the divestment list. ref http www.pcusa.org mrti pdf 07divestmentlist.pdf Microsoft Word 07 ga divestment ... to initiate a process of phased, selective divestment in multinational corporations operating ... specifically to companies operating in Israel. ref cite web title Letter Regarding Divestment ... date 2004 11 29 ref Other critics of the divestment policy accused church leaders of anti Semitism ..., Shea date September, 2005 accessdate June 4, 2006 ref Companies named for divestment In 2005, the Committee ... overwhelmingly 483 28 replaced language adopted in 2004 that focused the phased, selective divestment ... Church USA date 2006 06 21 ref ref cite web title PCUSA FAQ on 2006 Divestment Overture url http pcusa.org ... a corporate engagement divestment strategy focused on Israel, ref cite web title Letter from 12 ... Decision on Phased Selective Divestment Related to Israel url http www.adl.org Interfaith Letter ... more details
Ainax was a listed holding company that owned shares in the Sweden Swedish truck maker Scania AB Scania . The company was a result of an attempted Mergers and acquisitions acquisition of Scania by Volvo that was blocked by the European Commission for competition reasons. After Volvo was ordered to discontinue its ownership in Scania, the stock shares were placed in a separate holding company, which was then divestment divested to the Volvo shareholder s, and also traded on the NASDAQ OMX Group marketplace Nya Marknanden, today First North . ref cite web url http www.cisionwire.com ainax trading in ainax shares on nya marknaden title Ainax press release publisher Cision Wire date accessdate 2007 03 24 ref In March 2006, Scania completed the acquisition of Ainax. Ainax was liquidated and Scania shares were distributed to Ainax s owners. ref http www.scania.com Images Scania 20Annual 20Report 202006 English tcm10 152426.pdf Scania Annual Report 2006 ref Ainax is a phonetic anagram of Scania Ainacs . References reflist External links Official site closed http www.cisionwire.com ainax All press releases and reports from Ainax http www.scania.com ir ainax http www.scania.com ir ainax Category Companies of Sweden ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Aubrey Radcliffe was a trustee at Michigan State University . Life Radcliffe was the first, and As of 2005 lc on the only, African American Republican Party United States Republican elected to state wide office in Michigan when the voters placed him on the board of trustees in the 1970s. He fought for divestment from South Africa while serving on the board in the early 1980s. Radcliffe was a resident of East Lansing, Michigan East Lansing , an honorary member of Delta Upsilon International Fraternity, and held a Ph.D. in psychology from Michigan State University . He worked as a counselor at J.W. Sexton High School in Lansing, Michigan Lansing . Death Aubrey Radcliffe died Friday, March 27, 2009 in East Lansing, Michigan at age 75. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Radcliffe, Aubrey ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1933 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 2009 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Radcliffe, Aubrey Category Michigan State University alumni Category 2009 deaths Category 1933 births Category Michigan Republicans US academic administrator stub ... more details
A divisional buyout or carveout , in finance, is a transaction in which a corporation corporate division , business unit or subsidiary is mergers and acquisitions acquired using the same financial structuring as a leveraged buyout . Typically, in these transactions, the financial sponsor will turn the acquired business into a standalone company, necessitating the creation of certain functions that were formerly provided by the parent company. Divisional reverse leveraged buyout D RLBO cleanup section date August 2009 A D RLBO is a leveraged buyout of a division or subsidiary that subsequently comes to trade on the public market s. From the point of view of a Divestment divesting firm , the D RLBO permits the sale of a subsidiary to its management and or private investors who subsequently restructure its assets and capital structure with the purpose of enhancing overall firm value. Example Avon Products Avon Products Inc. divested specialty jeweler Tiffany & Co. to private equity investors who subsequently accomplished an initial public offering IPO . References Hite, G., & Vetsuypens, M. R. 1989. Management buyouts of divisions and shareholder wealth. The Journal of Finance, 44 953 970. Singh, H. 1990. Management buyout Distinguishing characteristics and operating changes priorto public offering. Strategic Management Journal, 11 111 129. Navigation box br private equity stub Private equity and venture capital Category Corporate finance Category Private equity ... more details
The British Committee for Universities of Palestine BRICUP is an organisation of academics based in the United Kingdom set up in response to the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel . BRICUP has two aims to support Palestinian universities, staff and students, and to oppose the continued illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands with its concomitant breaches of international conventions of human rights, its refusal to accept UN resolutions or rulings of the International Court, and its persistent suppression of Palestinian academic freedom. BRICUP s organising committee comprises Professors Hilary Rose sociologist Hilary Rose , Jonathan Rosenhead , Steven Rose and David Seddon . See also Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Academic boycotts of Israel External links http www.bricup.org.uk BRICUP Website http www.aurdip.fr AURDIP.html AURDIP the French parallel group, Association des Universitaires pour le Respect du Droit International en Palestine Category Human rights organisations based in the United Kingdom Category Arab Israeli conflict Category Organisations based in England Category Political organisations in the United Kingdom Category Zionism in the United Kingdom Category Non governmental organizations involved in the Israeli Palestinian conflict ... more details
Infobox Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting number 9th image image size location flagicon United Kingdom London , United Kingdom opening 3 August 1986 closing 5 August 1986 chair Margaret Thatcher position Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Prime Minister retreat attendance members 47 HoS G issues Disinvestment from South Africa Sanctions against and divestment from South Africa The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1986 was the ninth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations . It was held in London , the United Kingdom , between 3 August 1986 and 5 August 1986, and was hosted by that country s Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher . This was a special meeting held in between the biennial CHOGMs in order to consider the recommendations of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group regarding economic sanctions against South Africa due to its policies of apartheid. British prime minister Margaret Thatcher s refusal to support mandatory sanctions resulted in an acrimonious meeting and almost led to a split in the Commonwealth. Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings Category Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings 1986 Category Diplomatic conferences in the United Kingdom Category 20th century diplomatic conferences Category 1986 conferences Category 1986 in international relations Category 1986 in the United Kingdom Category United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations poli stub ... more details
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