Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1975

3rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Dates 29 April6 May 1975
Cities Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica
Participants 33[1]
Heads of State or Government 28
Chair Michael Manley
(Prime Minister)
Follows 1973
Precedes 1977
Key points
Commonwealth Day
Disarmament
Economic issues
Southern Africa[1]
Disarmament
Cyprus dispute,
Bangladesh Liberation War

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1975 was the third Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. It was held in Kingston, Jamaica, between 29 April 1975 and 6 May 1975, 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]

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