1960 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

November 2013 April 2022 10th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference File:Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth Nations, at Windsor Castle (1960 Commonwealth Prime Minister's Conference).jpg 3–13 May 1960 London 11 Heads of Government Harold Macmillan(Prime Minister) 1957 1961 Apartheid in South Africa The 1960 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the tenth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in May 1960, and was hosted by British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan. This was the first Commonwealth conference since Malayan independence in August 1957 and saw the growing importance of the non-white "New Commonwealth" countries. Malaya's prime minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman and his government vigorously opposed the apartheid policies of South Africa and, with the support of Pakistan, India and Ghana, demanded that the issue be addressed by the Commonwealth. However, Macmillan insisted that the final communique could only include matters on which the leaders were unanimous.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n2pYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7DsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5117,2623971&dq=commonwealth+prime+ministers+malaya&hl=en The Leader-Post – Google News Archive Search news.google.com Ghana informed the meeting that it would become a republic whilst South Africa announced that it would be holding a referendum on becoming a republic. Ghana was advised that its continued membership in the Commonwealth as a republic was recognised. South Africa was advised that it would need to seek the consent of other Commonwealth governments for its membership to continue.https://books.google.com/books?id=vciLoneE8GYC&q=commonwealth%20prime%20ministers%201960&pg=PA59 The Commonwealth at the Summit: Communiqués of Commonwealth Heads of ... – Google Books Google Books 9780850923179 2013-11-11 Secretariat Commonwealth 1987 Commonwealth Secretariat Participants Nation Name Portfolio United Kingdom Harold Macmillan Prime Minister (chairman) Australia Robert Menzies Prime Minister Canada 1957 John Diefenbaker Prime Minister Ceylon Edmund Joseph Cooray Minister of Justice Ghana Kwame Nkrumah Prime Minister India Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister Malaya Tunku Abdul Rahman Prime Minister New Zealand Walter Nash Prime Minister Pakistan Ayub Khan President Rhodesia and Nyasaland Sir Roy Welensky Prime Minister South Africa 1928 South Africa Eric Louw Minister of External Affairs References Category:1960 in London Category:1960 in South Africa 1960 Category:Diplomatic conferences in the United Kingdom Category:1960s diplomatic conferences Category:1960 in international relations Category:1960 conferences Category:May 1960 in the United Kingdom Category:1960s in the City of Westminster Category:South Africa and the Commonwealth of Nations Category:Harold Macmillan Category:Robert Menzies Category:Premiership of John Diefenbaker Category:Kwame Nkrumah Category:Jawaharlal Nehru