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| 1987 |
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| The UN secretary general declared a Yugoslavian boy born in 1987 to be the world's five billionth inhabitant. | 1 |
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| June |
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| Thirteenth annual summit meeting of the leaders of the G-7 countries was held in Venice. There was some discussion of the need to protect oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, because of the continuing Iran-Iraq War. | 2 |
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| Aug |
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| UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) discussed debt problems of developing countries and the need for encouraging trade. | 3 |
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| Sept |
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| La Francophonie, a new organization of 41 French-speaking states and territories, met in Quebec. The province of Quebec was recognized in a Canadian constitutional revision (May) as a distinct society within the confederation. | 4 |
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| Oct |
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| The Commonwealth of Nations, meeting in Vancouver, remained divided over the issue of sanctions on South Africa. | 5 |
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| Dec |
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| Summit meeting between U.S. president Reagan and Soviet general secretary Gorbachev in Washington. They signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, providing for demolition of intermediate-range missiles and continuous mutual verification inspections. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held its first summit meeting, in Manila, in more than a decade and only the third in its 20-year history. | 6 |
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