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The year 21 March 1978 to 20 March 1979 was designated as International Anti-Apartheid Year by the UN General Assembly. In Britain the AAM brought together 40 organisations in a broad-based co-ordinating committee to organise events during the year. As a UN member the British government supported the initiative and provided a small grant – the only government funding ever received by the AAM. Foreign Secretary David Owen spoke at a public meeting to mark the year in January 1979.