1955 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

April 2022 November 2013 7th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference 31 January–9 February 1955 London 9 Heads of Government 8 Sir Winston Churchill(Prime Minister) 1953 1956 First Taiwan Strait Crisis, SEATO, international and regional security, trade and development, Pound sterling area The 1955 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the seventh Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in January 1955 and was hosted by British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. A sense of international crisis loomed over the conference, which occurred during which the First Taiwan Strait Crisis, the sudden resignation of Soviet Premier Georgy Malenkov, and the fall of French prime minister Pierre Mendès France, all of which were discussed.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sNJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X8cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7256,1542155&dq=commonwealth+conference The Age - Google News Archive Search Atomic energy for peaceful purposes, disarmament, trade and economic development in the sterling area, and regional defence were also discussed, in particular the defence of South East Asia, the formation of SEATO and the ongoing insurgency in Malaya. Pakistan informed the meeting that it would become a republic and the meeting affirmed that Pakistan would be welcome to remain in the Commonwealth.https://books.google.com/books?id=vciLoneE8GYC&q=commonwealth%20prime%20ministers%201960&pg=PA37 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 Sir Winston Churchill Prime Minister (Chairman) Australia Robert Menzies Prime Minister Canada 1921 Louis St. Laurent Prime Minister Ceylon Sir John Kotelawala Prime Minister India Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister New Zealand Sidney Holland Prime Minister Pakistan Mohammad Ali Bogra Prime Minister Southern Rhodesia Sir Godfrey Huggins Prime Minister South Africa 1928 South Africa Charles Robberts Swart Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister References 1955 Category:Diplomatic conferences in the United Kingdom Category:1950s diplomatic conferences Category:1955 in international relations Category:1955 in London Category:United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations Category:1955 conferences Category:January 1955 in the United Kingdom Category:February 1955 in the United Kingdom Category:1950s in the City of Westminster Category:Winston Churchill Category:Robert Menzies Category:Jawaharlal Nehru