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The Balfour Declaration of 1926, named after the British
United Kingdom

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 Lord President of the Council
Lord President of the Council

The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above the Lord Privy Seal....
 Arthur Balfour
Arthur Balfour

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit , Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician and statesman....
, Earl of Balfour, was the name given to a report resulting from the 1926 Imperial Conference
1926 Imperial Conference

The 1926 Imperial Conference was the sixth Imperial Conferences held amongst the Prime Ministers of the dominions of the British Empire. It was held in London from 19 October to 22 November 1926....
 of British Empire
British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
 leaders in London
London

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. It states of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

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 and the Dominion
Dominion

A dominion, often Dominion, refers to one of a group of autonomy polity that were nominally under United Kingdom sovereignty, constituting the British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations, from the late 19th century....
s:

The Inter-Imperial Relations Committee, chaired by Balfour, drew up the document preparatory to its unanimous approval by the imperial premiers on November 15. It was first proposed by South Africa
South Africa

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n Prime Minister James Barry Munnik Hertzog
James Barry Munnik Hertzog

James Barry Munnik Hertzog, better known as JBM Hertzog was a general on the Boer side during the second Anglo-Boer War and the List of Prime Ministers of South Africa of the Union of South Africa from 1924 to 1939....
 and Canada's Prime Minister
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 at that time, William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Merit , Order of St Michael and St George was a Canadian lawyer, economist, university professor, civil servant, journalist, and politician....
.

The document accepted the growing political and diplomatic independence within the dominions, in particular Canada
Canada

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, since World War I
World War I

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.






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The Balfour Declaration of 1926, named after the British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 Lord President of the Council
Lord President of the Council

The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above the Lord Privy Seal....
 Arthur Balfour
Arthur Balfour

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit , Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician and statesman....
, Earl of Balfour, was the name given to a report resulting from the 1926 Imperial Conference
1926 Imperial Conference

The 1926 Imperial Conference was the sixth Imperial Conferences held amongst the Prime Ministers of the dominions of the British Empire. It was held in London from 19 October to 22 November 1926....
 of British Empire
British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
 leaders in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. It states of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and the Dominion
Dominion

A dominion, often Dominion, refers to one of a group of autonomy polity that were nominally under United Kingdom sovereignty, constituting the British Empire and Commonwealth of Nations, from the late 19th century....
s:

The Inter-Imperial Relations Committee, chaired by Balfour, drew up the document preparatory to its unanimous approval by the imperial premiers on November 15. It was first proposed by South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
n Prime Minister James Barry Munnik Hertzog
James Barry Munnik Hertzog

James Barry Munnik Hertzog, better known as JBM Hertzog was a general on the Boer side during the second Anglo-Boer War and the List of Prime Ministers of South Africa of the Union of South Africa from 1924 to 1939....
 and Canada's Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Canada

The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet of Canada, and thus head of government of Canada. The office is not outlined in any of the documents that constitute the written portion of the constitution of Canada; executive authority is formally vested in the Monarchy of Canada and exercised on hi...
 at that time, William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Merit , Order of St Michael and St George was a Canadian lawyer, economist, university professor, civil servant, journalist, and politician....
.

The document accepted the growing political and diplomatic independence within the dominions, in particular Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, since World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
. It also recommended that the governors-general
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, the representatives of the King who acted for the Crown as head of state in each dominion, should no longer also serve automatically as the representative of the British government in diplomatic relations between the countries. In following years, High Commissioner
High Commissioner

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s were gradually appointed, whose duties were soon recognised to be virtually identical to those of an ambassador
Ambassador

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. The first such British High Commissioner was appointed to Ottawa
Ottawa

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 in 1928.

The conclusions of the conference were restated by the 1930 conference and incorporated in the December 1931 Statute of Westminster
Statute of Westminster 1931

The Statute of Westminster 1931 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which established a status of legislative equality between the self-governing dominions of the British Empire and the United Kingdom, with a few residual exceptions....
 by which the British Parliament
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 renounced any legislative authority over dominion affairs except as specifically provided in dominion law.

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