1953 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

April 2022 6th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference 3–9 June 1953 London 9 Heads of Government Sir Winston Churchill(Prime Minister) 1952 1955 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Cold War, Korean armistice talks, Suez Canal, economic development. The 1953 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the sixth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in June 1953 on the occasion of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and was hosted by British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. The meeting was held prior to the Three-Power Conference between Churchill, US President Dwight Eisenhower, and French Prime Minister Joseph Laniel in Bermuda, which Commonwealth leaders hoped would lead to a Four Powers summit with the Soviet Union.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wdIwAAAAIBAJ&pg=4656,2191080&dq=commonwealth+prime+ministers Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search news.google.com 2016-05-10 Armistice talks to conclude the Korean War were also discussed.https://books.google.com/books?id=vciLoneE8GYC The Commonwealth at the Summit: Communiqués of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings, 1944-1986 Secretariat Commonwealth 1987-01-01 Commonwealth Secretariat 9780850923179 en Concerns about the security of the Suez Canal and the importance of maintaining British military installations were also discussed (see Suez War), as were the economic situation and the objectives for development and strengthening of the sterling area set out at the 1952 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Economic Conference. 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 Dudley Senanayake Prime Minister India Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister New Zealand Sidney Holland Prime Minister Pakistan Muhammad Ali Bogra Prime Minister Southern Rhodesia Sir Godfrey Huggins Prime Minister South Africa 1928 South Africa Daniel François Malan Prime Minister References 1953 Category:Diplomatic conferences in the United Kingdom Category:1950s diplomatic conferences Category:1953 in international relations Category:1953 in London Category:United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations Category:1953 conferences Category:June 1953 in the United Kingdom Category:1950s in the City of Westminster Category:Winston Churchill Category:Robert Menzies Category:Jawaharlal Nehru