1962 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

12th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
Host country United Kingdom
Dates10–19 September 1962
CitiesLondon
Participants16
ChairHarold Macmillan
(Prime Minister)
Follows1961
Precedes1964
Key points
British negotiations to enter EEC and impact on Commonwealth trade,

The 1962 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference[1] was the 12th Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in the United Kingdom in September 1962,[2] and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan.

This meeting saw the expansion of the Commonwealth to include several newly sovereign countries in Africa and the Caribbean.

The main topic of discussion was the British governments negotiations to join the European Economic Community and concerns by Commonwealth nations of the impact of such a move on trade between Britain and the Commonwealth.

  1. ^ "1962 Commonwealth Conference". www.friendsreunited.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. ^ "1962 Commonwealth Group". Getty Images. 10 April 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2013.