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Commonwealth Conferences [textual record, sound recording]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1944-1973

Reference:

R219-58-0-E, RG25-C-3

Type of material:

Textual material, Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

136683

Context of this record:

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Department of External Affairs fonds

Briefing books

Commonwealth Conferences
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Date(s):

1944-1973

Bilingual equivalent:

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

3.2 m of textual records
(5 h 45m) of sound recording

Language of material:

English

Accession:

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Canada. Department of External Affairs / Ministère des Affaires Extérieures [sound recording]

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Sub-series consists of records covering all the Commonwealth Conferences held between 1944 and 1957, as well as the 1964 Commonwealth Education Conference and the 1973 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Canada attended all of these conferences and hosted the meetings in 1964 and 1973. The records cover the complete range of subject matters discussed at these conferences, including trade, economics, education, aid, defence liaison, and international relations generally. In addition, these records cover the 1949 Commonwealth initiative which became known as the Colombo Plan and the meetings of the Consultative Committee on Development in South and Southeast Asia, which was set up to monitor the plan.

Additional name(s):

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Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Commonwealth Conference

Biography/Administrative history:

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Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Commonwealth Conference : Before the Second World War the term 'Commonwealth' had been used both formally and informally to describe the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire. After the passage of the Statute of Westminster, this term was the official designation for Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Irish Free State. However, these nations constituted the Commonwealth within the British Empire. As a result the conferences called in Ottawa in 1932 and in London in 1935 and 1937 were known as Imperial Conferences. While there were some attempts during the war to continue with the moniker 'empire', none of the overseas dominions or colonies supported this. When the Prime Ministers of the Dominions met in London in 1944 it was ostensibly as the Commonwealth, although the empire did still exist. This was the case with the meetings held in 1945, 1946, 1947 and 1948, all of which fell into this in-between status. It was during these years that some of the former colonies started to achieve independent status within the Commonwealth, including India in 1947. With the admission of India, as a republic, in 1949 the modern Commonwealth was formed. RG25 General Inventory

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(Electronic) Finding aid 25-31 is a typed file list. The finding aid is available as a PDF attached to this record. 25-31 PDF (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/25-31_136683_open.pdf

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Source of title:

Title is based on the contents of the sub-series.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Related material:

Other records on the Commonwealth can be found in RG 25 Series A-3-b (MIKAN 134299), A-3-c (MIKAN 134300) and A-4 (MIKAN 134306). Conference briefs, commentaries, and reports for the conferences after 1957 are to be found in RG 25 Series A-4 (MIKAN 134306).

Source:

Government

Related control no.:

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(1973-05-26)
1973-0071 MISA
RG25

Former archival reference no.:

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RG25-C-3

Other accession no.:

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1973-0071 MISA
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Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Volume [RG25]

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

2284;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

2286;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

2370;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

3102--3103;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

Volume [RG25]

[Consultation 90 Open]

925;

[Consultation 90 Open]

2283;

[Consultation 90 Open]

2285;

[Consultation 90 Open]

2287--2290;

[Consultation 90 Open]

2349--2354;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

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