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1977 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

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4th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Host countryBERJAYA United Kingdom
Dates815 June 1977
CitiesLondon
VenuesGleneagles
Participants33 (of 35 members)
Heads of State or Government26
ChairJames Callaghan
(Prime Minister)
Follows1975
Precedes1979
Key points

The 1977 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, officially known as the IV Commonwealth Heads Meeting, and commonly known as London 1977, was the fourth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in London, United Kingdom, and was hosted by British Prime Minister James Callaghan. President Idi Amin of Uganda did not attend and, on the eve of the meeting, President James Mancham of the Seychelles was overthrown in a coup d'état and the country was not represented.[1]

Issues discussed at the conference included the situation in Southern Africa, relations between richer and poorer nations, Cyprus, Belize, Uganda, and the issue of sporting contacts with South Africa. The Gleneagles Agreement on sporting contacts was reached at the meeting's retreat, in Gleneagles, Scotland.[2]

Participants

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The following nations were represented:[3]

Nation Name Position
BERJAYA United Kingdom Harold Wilson (Chairman) Prime Minister
BERJAYA Australia Malcolm Fraser Prime Minister
BERJAYA Bahamas Lynden Pindling Prime Minister
BERJAYA Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman President
BERJAYA Barbados Tom Adams Prime Minister
BERJAYA Botswana Sir Seretse Khama President
BERJAYA Canada Pierre Trudeau Prime Minister
BERJAYA Cyprus Makarios III President
BERJAYA Fiji Sir Kamisese Mara Prime Minister
BERJAYA The Gambia Sir Dawda Jawara President
BERJAYA Ghana F W K Akuffo Chief of Defence Staff
BERJAYA Grenada Eric Gairy Prime Minister
BERJAYA Guyana F R Wills Minister of Foreign Affairs
BERJAYA India Morarji Desai Prime Minister
BERJAYA Jamaica Michael Manley Prime Minister
BERJAYA Kenya Daniel arap Moi Vice President
BERJAYA Lesotho Leabua Jonathan Prime Minister
BERJAYA Malawi Hastings Banda President
BERJAYA Malaysia Hussein Onn Prime Minister
BERJAYA Malta Dom Mintoff Prime Minister
BERJAYA Mauritius Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Prime Minister
BERJAYA New Zealand Robert Muldoon Prime Minister
BERJAYA Nigeria Shehu Yar'Adua Chief of Staff of the Supreme Headquarters
BERJAYA Papua New Guinea Michael Somare Prime Minister
BERJAYA Sierra Leone Siaka Stevens President
BERJAYA Singapore Lee Kuan Yew Prime Minister
BERJAYA Sri Lanka Felix Bandaranaike Minister of Finance
BERJAYA Swaziland Maphevu Dlamini Prime Minister
BERJAYA Tanzania Aboud Jumbe Vice-President
BERJAYA Tonga Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake Prime Minister
BERJAYA Trinidad and Tobago John Donaldson Minister of External Affairs
BERJAYA Western Samoa Tupuola Efi Prime Minister
BERJAYA Zambia Kenneth Kaunda President

References

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  1. Ingram, Derek; Andrew Walker (July 1977). "Commonwealth Conference 1977". The Round Table. 67 (267): 215–228. doi:10.1080/00358537708453274.
  2. Ingram, Derek; Andrew Walker (July 1977). "Commonwealth Conference 1977". The Round Table. 67 (267): 215–228. doi:10.1080/00358537708453274.
  3. "COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING, 1977 - FINAL COMMUNIQUE", Commonwealth Library