1962 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

12th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
Host country United Kingdom United Kingdom
Dates 10 September 1962
19 September 1962
Cities London
Participants 16
Chair Harold Macmillan
(Prime Minister)
Follows 1961
Precedes 1964
Key points
British negotiations to enter EEC and impact on Commonwealth trade,

The 1962 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference[1] was the twelfth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in September 1962,[2] and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan.

This meeting saw the expansion of the Commonwealth to include several newly sovereign countries in Africa and the Caribbean.

The main topic of discussion was the British governments negotiations to join the European Economic Community and concerns by Commonwealth nations of the impact of such a move on trade between Britain and the Commonwealth.

Participants

Nation Name Portfolio
United Kingdom United Kingdom Harold Macmillan Prime Minister (Chairman)
Australia Australia Robert Menzies Prime Minister
Canada Canada John Diefenbaker Prime Minister
Dominion of Ceylon Ceylon S.P.C. Fernando Justice Minister
Cyprus Cyprus Archbishop Makarios III President
Ghana Ghana F.K.D. Goka Finance Minister
India India Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister
Jamaica Jamaica Sir Alexander Bustamante Prime Minister
Federation of Malaya Malaya Abdul Razak Hussein Deputy Prime Minister
New Zealand New Zealand Keith Holyoake Prime Minister
Nigeria Nigeria Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Prime Minister
Pakistan Pakistan Ayub Khan President
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Sir Roy Welensky Prime Minister
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Sir Milton Margai Prime Minister
Tanganyika Tanganyika Rashidi Kawawa Prime Minister
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Eric Williams Prime Minister

References

  1. "1962 Commonwealth Conference". www.friendsreunited.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. "1962 Commonwealth Group". Getty Images. Retrieved 3 December 2013.