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[[File:1979_Commonwealth_Summit.jpg| | [[File:1979_Commonwealth_Summit.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Commonwealth Heads of Government at CHOGM in [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]], 1979]]The '''Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 1979''' was the fifth Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations. 39 countries attended the meeting. It was held in [[Lusaka]], [[Zambia]], between 1 August 1979 and 7 August 1979, and was hosted by that country's President, [[Kenneth Kaunda]]. | ||
Issues discussed at the conference included the situation in Rhodesia, the armed conflicts in Indo-China, the global growth of the refugee problem, the situation in Cyprus and Southern Africa. Mr Shridath Ramphal was re-appointed as Commonwealth Secretary-General during the meeting. The [[Lusaka Declaration]] of the Commonwealth on Racism and Racial Prejudice was issued at the end of the CHOGM, including a special declaration condemning apartheid.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ingram|first=Derek|title=Lusaka 1979: A Significant Commonwealth Meeting|journal=The Round Table|date=October 1979|issue=276|pages=275–283}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book|last=Commonwealth Secretariat|title=Commonwealth Heads of Government. The Lusaka Communique August 1979|year=1979|publisher=Commonwealth Secretariat|location=London}}</ref> | Issues discussed at the conference included the situation in Rhodesia, the armed conflicts in Indo-China, the global growth of the refugee problem, the situation in Cyprus and Southern Africa. Mr Shridath Ramphal was re-appointed as Commonwealth Secretary-General during the meeting. The [[Lusaka Declaration]] of the Commonwealth on Racism and Racial Prejudice was issued at the end of the CHOGM, including a special declaration condemning apartheid.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ingram|first=Derek|title=Lusaka 1979: A Significant Commonwealth Meeting|journal=The Round Table|date=October 1979|issue=276|pages=275–283}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book|last=Commonwealth Secretariat|title=Commonwealth Heads of Government. The Lusaka Communique August 1979|year=1979|publisher=Commonwealth Secretariat|location=London}}</ref> | ||
