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| 1970. Jan |
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| The International Monetary Fund announced the completed allocation of special drawing rights (SDR), as part of a major revision of the Bretton Woods system. | 1 |
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| Feb |
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| Surrender of Biafra brought an end to the Nigeria civil war. | 2 |
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| March |
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| EXPO 70, the World Exposition, opened in Osaka, Japan. Foreign ministers from 24 Islamic countries held their first conference on cooperation in Jiddah and laid the foundation for the ISLAMIC CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION. | 3 |
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| May |
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| South Africa was expelled from the International Olympic Committee. | 4 |
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| July |
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| Pope Paul VI met with three leaders of independence movements in Portuguese African territories, and Portugal recalled its ambassador to the Vatican in protest. | 5 |
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| Sept |
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| UN Conference of the Committee on Disarmament approved a draft treaty banning nuclear weapons from the ocean floor. Conference of Non-Aligned Nations at Lusaka, Zambia, attended by delegates from 54 states. Resolutions were passed supporting liberation movements and in opposition to South Africa, Israel, and U.S. policy in Vietnam. Soviet unmanned spacecraft Luna 16 returned from the moon with rock samples. Death of Gamal Abdel Nasser removed a major figure from Arab and Third World international politics. | 6 |
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| Oct |
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| The Twenty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly reflected the significant changes taking place: a majority (but not the necessary two-thirds) approved the membership of the People's Republic of China; resolutions condemning colonialism dealt with small remnants of empires and were approved by many newly independent states and postindependence white regimes in southern Africa. Economic discussions were focused on the new world of developing countries, and the issues were those of development and neocolonialism rather than imperialism. | 7 |
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