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  • Moscow, Russia
    Monday Jan 14, 1991
    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Chairman of the Council of Ministers resigned

    Moscow, Russia
    Monday Jan 14, 1991

    On January 14, 1991, Nikolai Ryzhkov resigned from his post as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or premier of the Soviet Union, and was succeeded by Valentin Pavlov in the newly established post of Prime Minister of the Soviet Union.




  • France
    Monday Jan 14, 1991
    Gulf War

    France propose

    France
    Monday Jan 14, 1991

    On 14 January 1991, France proposed that the UN Security Council call for "a rapid and massive withdrawal" from Kuwait along with a statement to Iraq that Council members would bring their "active contribution" to a settlement of the region's other problems, "in particular, of the Arab–Israeli conflict and in particular to the Palestinian problem by convening, at an appropriate moment, an international conference" to assure "the security, stability and development of this region of the world".




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