1951 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

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5th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
Host countryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Dates212 January 1951
Cities London
Participants9
Chair Clement Attlee
(Prime Minister)
Follows 1949
Precedes 1952
Key points

The 1951 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the fifth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the British Commonwealth. It was held in the United Kingdom in January 1951, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.

The principal topic of the conference was the Korean War with the summit issuing a declaration, proposed by Australian prime minister Robert Menzies, stating that the Commonwealth prime ministers "would welcome any feasible arrangement for a frank exchange of views with Stalin and Mao Tse-tung." [1] The Commonwealth leaders also called for peace treaty negotiations with Japan to be concluded as soon as possible (see Treaty of San Francisco). [1]

Participants

NationNamePortfolio
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Clement Attlee Prime Minister (Chairman)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Robert Menzies Prime Minister
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada Louis St. Laurent Prime Minister
Flag of Ceylon.svg  Ceylon Don Stephen Senanayake Prime Minister
Flag of India.svg  India Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Sidney Holland Prime Minister
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Liaquat Ali Khan Prime Minister
Flag of Southern Rhodesia (1924-1964).svg  Southern Rhodesia Sir Godfrey Huggins Prime Minister
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South Africa Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges Minister of the Interior

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References

  1. 1 2 "14 Jan 1951 - 10-Day Commonwealth Conference Ends PRIME MINISTERS URGE BIG FOUR PEACE TALKS - Trove". Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW : 1949 - 1953). 14 January 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2016.