1962 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

12th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
Host country United Kingdom
Dates10–19 September 1962
CitiesLondon
Participants16
ChairHarold Macmillan
(Prime Minister)
Follows1961
Precedes1964
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 British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.

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

References

  1. ↑ "1962 Commonwealth Conference". www.friendsreunited.com. Retrieved 3 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "1962 Commonwealth Group". Getty Images. 10 April 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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