1956 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

April 2022 November 2013 8th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference Group photo taken before the opening of the 1956 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference.jpg Group photo taken before the opening of the 1956 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference 27 June–6 July 1956 London 9 Heads of Government Sir Anthony Eden(Prime Minister) 1955 1957 British bases in Ceylon, Cyprus, Cold War The 1956 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the eighth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in June 1956, and was hosted by British Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden. The new prime minister of Ceylon Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike pressured Eden to remove British military bases in Ceylon; Britain agreed to close the installations.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oqRSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M3YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7223,2686977&dq=commonwealth+prime+ministers&hl=en St. Petersburg Times – Google News Archive Search In international affairs, the leaders expressed their support for the People's Republic of China and Japan being admitted to the United Nations (see China and the United Nations)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3HBQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BhAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6994,3857119&dq=commonwealth+prime+ministers&hl=en Archived copy 2016-09-19 2015-11-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20151118142313/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3HBQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BhAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6994,3857119&dq=commonwealth+prime+ministers&hl=en dead and welcomed liberalisation in the Soviet Union under Nikita Khrushchev hailing the "significant changes" in Soviet domestic and foreign policy as being positive steps for world peace.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tgdQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6728,965981&dq=commonwealth+prime+ministers&hl=en The Age – Google News Archive Search news.google.com British attempts to negotiate a diplomatic settlement over competing Greek and Turkish claims to the soon to be independent British colony of Cyprus were also discussed.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FDEeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Vr8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3148,4347641&dq=commonwealth+prime+ministers&hl=en Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Google News Archive Search Participants Nation Name Portfolio United Kingdom Sir Anthony Eden Prime Minister (Chairman) Australia Robert Menzies Prime Minister Canada 1921 Louis St. Laurent Prime Minister Ceylon Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike Prime Minister India Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister New Zealand Sidney Holland Prime Minister Pakistan Chaudhri Muhammad Ali Prime Minister Rhodesia and Nyasaland Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern Prime Minister South Africa 1928 South Africa Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom Prime Ministerhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/pimu/8295138635/ 1956: The prime ministers of the Commonwealth attend a meeting at Number 10, Downing Street, London | Flickr – Photo Sharing! Flickr 1956-06-27 2013-11-12 References Category:1956 in London 1956 Category:Diplomatic conferences in the United Kingdom Category:1950s diplomatic conferences Category:1956 in international relations Category:1956 in the British Empire Category:1956 conferences Category:June 1956 in the United Kingdom Category:July 1956 in the United Kingdom Category:1950s in the City of Westminster Category:Anthony Eden Category:Robert Menzies Category:Jawaharlal Nehru