1965 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference facts for kids
Quick facts for kids 14th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference |
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| Host country |  United Kingdom |
| Dates | 17–25 June 1965 |
| Cities | London |
| Participants | 21 |
| Chair | Harold Wilson (Prime Minister) |
| Follows | 1964 |
| Precedes | January 1966 |
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Commonwealth peace initiative to Vietnam, race relations, Rhodesia, Southern Africa, Cyprus, Commonwealth Secretariat
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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.
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.
Participants
| Nation | Name | Portfolio |
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| United Kingdom |
Harold Wilson | Prime Minister (Chairman) |
 Australia |
Robert Menzies | Prime Minister |
 Canada |
Lester Pearson | Prime Minister |
 Ceylon |
A. F. Wijemanne | Justice Minister |
 Cyprus |
Spyros Kyprianou | Foreign Minister |
 The Gambia |
Dawda Jawara | Prime Minister |
 Ghana |
Kwame Nkrumah | President |
 India |
Lal Bahadur Shastri | Prime Minister |
 Jamaica |
Donald Sangster | Acting Prime Minister |
 Kenya |
Joseph Murumbi | Foreign Minister |
 Malawi |
Hastings Banda | Prime Minister |
 Malaysia |
Tunku Abdul Rahman | Prime Minister |
 Malta |
Giorgio Borġ Olivier | Prime Minister |
 New Zealand |
Keith Holyoake | Prime Minister |
 Nigeria |
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa | Prime Minister |
 Pakistan |
Ayub Khan | President |
 Sierra Leone |
Albert Margai | Prime Minister |
 Tanzania |
Julius Nyerere | President |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Eric Williams | Prime Minister |
 Uganda |
Milton Obote | Prime Minister |
 Zambia |
Kenneth Kaunda | President |
