1969 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

April 2022 17th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference 7–15 January 1969 Marlborough House London 28 Heads of Government 24 Harold Wilson(Prime Minister) September 1966 1971 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Review of the world diplomatic and economic situation, Rhodesia, Biafra crisis, Commonwealth co-operation. The 1969 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the 17th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in January 1969, and was hosted by British Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Five newly independent member countries participated for the first time: Botswana, Barbados, Lesotho, Mauritius and Swaziland.The Commonwealth at the Summit: Communiqués of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings, 1944-1986 (Volume 1) 1987 Commonwealth Secretariat 0850923174 137–149 https://books.google.com/books?id=vciLoneE8GYC&q=meeting+prime+ministers+commonwealth+1969&pg=PA133 On the issue of the rogue colony of Rhodesia, Britain re-committed itself to the policy of no independence before majority rule (NIBMAR), which it had adopted at the last Prime Ministers' conference in September 1966. Also discussed was the Biafra crisis in Nigeria and discrimination against South Asian communities living in Africa and Black and Asian immigrants living in the UK. Participants The following nations were represented:https://www.thecommonwealth-ilibrary.org/index.php/comsec/catalog/download/886/886/7463?inline=1 Commonwealth Library MEETING OF COMMONWEALTH PRIME MINISTERS, 1969 - FINAL COMMUNIQUE 7 June 2025 Nation Name Position United Kingdom Harold Wilson (Chairman) Prime Minister Australia John Gorton Prime Minister Barbados Errol Barrow Prime Minister Botswana Sir Seretse Khama President Canada Pierre Trudeau Prime Minister Ceylon Dudley Senanayake Prime Minister Cyprus Makarios III President The Gambia Sir Dawda Jawara Prime Minister Ghana John Willie Kofi Harlley Deputy Chairman, National Liberation Council Guyana Forbes Burnham Prime Minister India Indira Gandhi Prime Minister Jamaica Hugh Shearer Prime Minister Kenya James Gichuru Minister of Finance Lesotho 1966 Leabua Jonathan Prime Minister Malawi Hastings Banda President Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman Prime Minister Malta Giorgio Borġ Olivier Prime Minister Mauritius Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Prime Minister New Zealand Keith Holyoake Prime Minister Nigeria Obafemi Awolowo Federal Commissioner for Finance Pakistan Mian Arshad Hussain Minister for Foreign Affairs Sierra Leone Siaka Stevens Prime Minister Singapore Lee Kuan Yew Prime Minister Swaziland Makhosini Dlamini Prime Minister Tanzania Julius Nyerere President Trinidad and Tobago Eric Williams Prime Minister Uganda Milton Obote Prime Minister Zambia Kenneth Kaunda President References External links Commonwealth Conference - British Pathe (1969) Newsreel 1969 Category:Diplomatic conferences in the United Kingdom Category:1960s diplomatic conferences Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference Category:Harold Wilson