1977 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

4th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Host country United Kingdom
Dates8–15 June 1977
CitiesLondon
VenuesGleneagles
Participants33 (of 35 members)
Heads of State or Government26
ChairJames Callaghan
(Prime Minister)
Follows1975
Precedes1979
Key points
Southern Africa
Gleneagles Agreement
economic disparity
Cyprus dispute
Belize self-determination
Uganda

The 1977 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, officially known as the IV Commonwealth Heads Meeting, and commonly known as London 1977, was the fourth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in London, United Kingdom, and was hosted by British Prime Minister James Callaghan. President Idi Amin of Uganda did not attend and, on the eve of the meeting, President James Mancham of the Seychelles was overthrown in a coup d'état and the country was not represented.[1]

Issues discussed at the conference included the situation in Southern Africa, relations between richer and poorer nations, Cyprus, Belize, Uganda, and the issue of sporting contacts with South Africa. The Gleneagles Agreement on sporting contacts was reached at the meeting's retreat, in Gleneagles, Scotland.[2]

Participants

The following nations were represented:[3]

Nation Name Position
United Kingdom Harold Wilson (Chairman) Prime Minister
Australia Malcolm Fraser Prime Minister
Bahamas Lynden Pindling Prime Minister
Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman President
Barbados Tom Adams Prime Minister
Botswana Sir Seretse Khama President
Canada Pierre Trudeau Prime Minister
Cyprus Makarios III President
Fiji Sir Kamisese Mara Prime Minister
The Gambia Sir Dawda Jawara President
Ghana F W K Akuffo Chief of Defence Staff
Grenada Eric Gairy Prime Minister
Guyana F R Wills Minister of Foreign Affairs
India Morarji Desai Prime Minister
Jamaica Michael Manley Prime Minister
Kenya Daniel arap Moi Vice President
Lesotho Leabua Jonathan Prime Minister
Malawi Hastings Banda President
Malaysia Hussein Onn Prime Minister
Malta Dom Mintoff Prime Minister
Mauritius Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Prime Minister
New Zealand Robert Muldoon Prime Minister
Nigeria Shehu Yar'Adua Chief of Staff of the Supreme Headquarters
Papua New Guinea Michael Somare Prime Minister
Sierra Leone Siaka Stevens President
Singapore Lee Kuan Yew Prime Minister
Sri Lanka Felix Bandaranaike Minister of Finance
Swaziland Maphevu Dlamini Prime Minister
Tanzania Aboud Jumbe Vice-President
Tonga Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake Prime Minister
Trinidad and Tobago John Donaldson Minister of External Affairs
Western Samoa Tupuola Efi Prime Minister
Zambia Kenneth Kaunda President

References

  1. ↑ Ingram, Derek; Andrew Walker (July 1977). "Commonwealth Conference 1977". The Round Table. 67 (267): 215–228. doi:10.1080/00358537708453274.
  2. ↑ Ingram, Derek; Andrew Walker (July 1977). "Commonwealth Conference 1977". The Round Table. 67 (267): 215–228. doi:10.1080/00358537708453274.
  3. ↑ "COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING, 1977 - FINAL COMMUNIQUE", Commonwealth Library