- Source: Gleneagles Agreement
In the Gleneagles Agreement, in 1977, Commonwealth presidents and prime ministers agreed, as part of their support for the international campaign against apartheid, to discourage contact and competition between their sportsmen and sporting organisations, teams, or individuals from South Africa. The agreement was unanimously approved by the Commonwealth of Nations at a meeting at Gleneagles, Perthshire, Scotland.
The Gleneagles Agreement reinforced their commitment, embodied in the Singapore Declaration of Commonwealth Principles (1971), to oppose racism. This commitment was further strengthened by the Declaration on Racism and Racial Prejudice, adopted by Commonwealth leaders in Lusaka in 1979. The Commonwealth was a relevant body to impose a sporting ban on South Africa because several of the sports most popular among white South Africans are dominated by Commonwealth member states, for example cricket and rugby union.
See also
Sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era
Rugby union and apartheid
1981 South Africa rugby tour of New Zealand
South African rebel tours
Halt All Racist Tours
South Africa national rugby union team
South Africa national cricket team
References
External links
The Gleneagles Agreement on Sporting Contacts with South Africa (PDF), London: Commonwealth, 1977
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Pemutihan utang
- Gerakan antiglobalisasi
- Accor
- Gleneagles Agreement
- Gleneagles Hotel
- Gleneagles
- 1981 South Africa rugby union tour of New Zealand and the United States
- Glen Eagles
- Commonwealth of Nations
- Sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era
- Rugby union in South Africa
- Foreign relations of South Africa during apartheid
- South Africa national rugby union team
