1951 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

The 1951 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference was the fifth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the British Commonwealth. It was held in the United Kingdom in January 1951, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.

5th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
Host country United Kingdom
Dates2–12 January 1951
CitiesLondon
Participants9
ChairClement Attlee
(Prime Minister)
Follows1949
Precedes1952
Key points

The principal topic of the conference was the Korean War with the summit issuing a declaration, proposed by Australian prime minister Robert Menzies, stating that the Commonwealth prime ministers "would welcome any feasible arrangement for a frank exchange of views with Stalin and Mao Tse-tung."[1] The Commonwealth leaders also called for peace treaty negotiations with Japan to be concluded as soon as possible (see Treaty of San Francisco).[1]

Participants
Nation Name Portfolio
 United Kingdom Clement Attlee Prime Minister (Chairman)
 Australia Robert Menzies Prime Minister
 Canada Louis St. Laurent Prime Minister
 Ceylon Don Stephen Senanayake Prime Minister
 India Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister
 New Zealand Sidney Holland Prime Minister
 Pakistan Liaquat Ali Khan Prime Minister
 Southern Rhodesia Sir Godfrey Huggins Prime Minister
South Africa South Africa Theophilus Ebenhaezer Dönges Minister of the Interior

References
  1. "14 Jan 1951 - 10-Day Commonwealth Conference Ends PRIME MINISTERS URGE BIG FOUR PEACE TALKS - Trove". Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW : 1949 - 1953). 14 January 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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