1975 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting explained

Summit Name:3rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Country: Jamaica
Cities:Kingston
Participants:33[1]
Heads Of State Label: or Government
Heads Of State:28
Chairperson:Michael Manley
(Prime Minister)
Follows:1973
Precedes:1977
Keypoints:Commonwealth Day
Disarmament
Economic issues
Southern Africa
Disarmament
Cyprus dispute,
Bangladesh Liberation War

The 1975 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, officially known as the III Commonwealth Heads Meeting, and commonly known as Kingston 1975, was the third Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held from 29 April to 6 May 1975 in Kingston, Jamaica, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Michael Manley.

Among the topics discussed were nuclear disarmament, the situation in Rhodesia, South Africa and decolonization in Southern Africa, the Turkish invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus, the end of the Vietnam War, the aftermath of the war between Bangladesh and Pakistan and other regional issues.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: THE COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE . Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 13 May 1975.
  2. Book: The Commonwealth at the Summit: Communiqués of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings, 1944-1986. 9780850923179. Secretariat. Commonwealth. 1987. Commonwealth Secretariat .