1965 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

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14th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
Host countryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Dates1725 June 1965
Cities London
Participants21
Chair Harold Wilson
(Prime Minister)
Follows 1964
Precedes January 1966
Key points
Commonwealth peace initiative to Vietnam, race relations, Rhodesia, South Africa, Cyprus, Commonwealth Secretariat

The 1965 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the 14th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in June 1965, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Harold Wilson.

Contents

The Conference approved Prime Minister Wilson's proposal for a Commonwealth peace mission to Vietnam; Wilson subsequently shelved the initiative. The body also approved the creation of the Commonwealth Secretariat proposed at the previous summit and appoints Canadian Arnold Smith as the first Commonwealth Secretary-General. The meeting also discussed the crisis in Rhodesia, relations with South Africa and Portuguese colonies in Africa, and opposition by Asian and African Commonwealth countries to British, Australian and New Zealand's support for American intervention in the Vietnam War. The Commonwealth reaffirmed its declaration that all Commonwealth states should work for societies based on racial equality. [1]

Participants

NationNamePortfolio
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Harold Wilson Prime Minister (Chairman)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Robert Menzies Prime Minister
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Lester Pearson Prime Minister
Flag of Ceylon.svg  Ceylon A. F. Wijemanne Justice Minister
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus Spyros Kyprianou Foreign Minister
Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia Dawda Jawara Prime Minister
Ghana flag 1964.svg  Ghana Kwame Nkrumah President
Flag of India.svg  India Lal Bahadur Shastri Prime Minister
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Donald Sangster Acting Prime Minister
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Joseph Murumbi Foreign Minister
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi Hastings Banda Prime Minister
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman Prime Minister
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta Giorgio Borġ Olivier Prime Minister
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Keith Holyoake Prime Minister
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Prime Minister
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Ayub Khan President
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Albert Margai Prime Minister
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Julius Nyerere President
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Eric Williams Prime Minister
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Milton Obote Prime Minister
Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia Kenneth Kaunda President

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)