Editing 1992 (section)

===February===
* [[February 1]] – President of the United States [[George H. W. Bush]] meets with President of Russia [[Boris Yeltsin]] at [[Camp David]], where they formally declare that the [[Cold War]] is over.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/02/world/bush-and-yeltsin-declare-formal-end-to-cold-war-agree-to-exchange-visits.html|title=Bush and Yeltsin declare formal end to Cold War|date=February 2, 1992|website=The New York Times|author=Michael Wines|access-date=February 15, 2022}}</ref>
* [[February 3]] – South African State President [[F.W. de Klerk]] and [[Nelson Mandela]], [[African National Congress]] leader, are jointly awarded the [[Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize]] at the [[UNESCO]] headquarters in Paris.
* [[February 4]] – In [[Venezuela]], [[Hugo Chávez]] leads [[1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts|an unsuccessful coup attempt]] against President of Venezuela [[Carlos Andrés Pérez]].<ref>[[BBC]], Thursday, 5 December 2002, 21:30 GMT, Profile: Hugo Chavez, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1925236.stm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326123246/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1925236.stm |date=26 March 2022 }}</ref>
* [[February 6]] – Queen [[Elizabeth II]] of the United Kingdom and other [[Commonwealth realm]]s celebrates her [[Ruby Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Ruby Jubilee]], marking 40 years since her accession to the thrones of the [[United Kingdom]], [[Canada]], [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19930603&id=BdUdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a8cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4337,242916|title=Times Daily – Google News Archive Search}}</ref>
* [[February 7]] – The [[Maastricht Treaty]] is signed, founding the [[European Union]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Founding agreements |url=https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/principles-and-values/founding-agreements_en |access-date=2022-02-05 |website=European Union}}</ref>
* [[February 8]] – The opening ceremony for the [[1992 Winter Olympics]] is held in [[Albertville]], France.<ref>{{cite book|title=The World Factbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JkQfwA30aY4C&pg=PA406|year=1992|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|pages=406}}</ref>
* [[February 9]] – [[Algerian Civil War]]: The government of [[Algeria]] declares a [[state of emergency]] and begins a crackdown on the [[Islamic Salvation Front]].<ref name="Committee1991">{{cite book|author=United Nations. Human Rights Committee|title=Official Records of the Human Rights Committee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAaK5jvA0pgC|year=1991|publisher=United Nations|pages=162–168}}</ref>
* [[February 14]] – [[Ukraine]] and four other nations in the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] reject Russia's proposal to maintain unified armed forces. Ukraine, [[Moldova]] and [[Azerbaijan]] announce they will go ahead with plans to create their own military forces.
* [[February 16]] – In [[Lebanon]], [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli]] helicopter gunships assassinate [[Abbas al-Musawi]], the leader of [[Hezbollah]], and his son, in retaliation for a February 14 raid that killed three Israeli soldiers.
* [[February 18]] – [[Iraq disarmament crisis]]: The Executive Chairman of [[UNSCOM]] details [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]]'s refusal to abide by UN Security Council disarmament resolutions.
* [[February 21]] – The [[United Nations Security Council]] approves [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 743|Resolution 743]] to send a [[UNPROFOR]] peacekeeping force to [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]].
* [[February 25]]–[[February 26|26]] – 613 [[Azerbaijani people|Azerbaijani]] civilians are [[Khojaly Massacre|massacred in Khojaly]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Smolowe |first=Jill |url=http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,975096,00.html |title=TIME Magazine – Tragedy Massacre in Khojaly |magazine=Time |date=16 March 1992 |access-date=28 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050228104647/http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,975096,00.html |archive-date=28 February 2005  }}</ref>
* [[February 26]] – The [[Supreme Court of Ireland]] [[X Case|rules]] that a 14-year-old rape victim may travel to the United Kingdom to have an abortion.
* [[February 28]] – Ownership of the port town of [[Walvis Bay]] is transferred from South Africa to [[Namibia]].