1946 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

May 2025 2nd Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference Conference of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers, 1946.jpg 23 April 1946–25 May 1946 London 5 Heads of Government Clement Attlee(Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) 1944 1948 Post-war settlement and peace treaties, Commonwealth security arrangements, United Nations The 1946 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the second Meeting of the Heads of Government of the British Commonwealth. It was held in the United Kingdom from April to May 1946, and was hosted by British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee. Discussions were primarily related to political and economic settlements arising from the end of World War II. The final communiqué expressed the Commonwealth's support for the creation of the United Nations as "a foundation of peace and security, but also as a means of promoting economic progress and social welfare".The Commonwealth at the Summit: Communiqués of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings, 1944-1986 1987 Commonwealth Secretariat 15–17 9780850923179 https://books.google.com/books?id=vciLoneE8GYC&q=commonwealth+conference+1946+prime+ministers&pg=PA21 This was the final Prime Ministers' Conference consisting only of the 'Old Commonwealth' of majority-white nations and white-minority ruled South Africa. Ireland did not participate although at the time the British Commonwealth still regarded Ireland as one of its members. Neutral Ireland considered it inappropriate to attend on the basis that the Conference was "discussing matters relating to the war".Taoiseach de Valera quoted from the Oireachtas Committee on Finance; External Affairs; Wednesday, 19 June 1946 Ireland had not participated in any equivalent conferences since 1932. Participants Nation Name Portfolio United Kingdom Clement Attlee Prime Minister (chairman) Australia Ben Chifley Prime Minister Canada 1921 William Lyon Mackenzie King Prime Minister New Zealand New Zealand Walter Nash Deputy Prime Minister South Africa 1928 South Africa Jan Smuts Prime Minister References 1946 Category:Diplomatic conferences in the United Kingdom Category:1940s diplomatic conferences Category:1946 in international relations Category:1946 in London Category:United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations Category:1946 in the British Empire Category:1946 conferences Category:British Empire in World War II Category:April 1946 in the United Kingdom Category:May 1946 in the United Kingdom Category:1940s in the City of Westminster Category:Clement Attlee Category:Third premiership of William Lyon Mackenzie King Category:Jan Smuts