12th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 10–19 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 12th 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
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Harold Macmillan | Prime Minister (Chairman) |
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Robert Menzies | Prime Minister |
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John Diefenbaker | Prime Minister |
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S.P.C. Fernando | Justice Minister |
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Archbishop Makarios III | President |
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F.K.D. Goka | Finance Minister |
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Jawaharlal Nehru | Prime Minister |
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Sir Alexander Bustamante | Prime Minister |
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Abdul Razak Hussein | Deputy Prime Minister |
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Keith Holyoake | Prime Minister |
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Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa | Prime Minister |
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Ayub Khan | President |
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Sir Roy Welensky | Prime Minister |
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Sir Milton Margai | Prime Minister |
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Rashidi Kawawa | Prime Minister |
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Eric Williams | Prime Minister |
References
[edit]- ^ "1962 Commonwealth Conference". www.friendsreunited.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "1962 Commonwealth Group". Getty Images. 10 April 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2013.