The protesters initially demanded Request the clause-by-clause review of the agreement Agree_or_refuse_to_act be reinstated Recovering , later changing Change their demands toward the rejection Agree_or_refuse_to_act of the trade pact , the passing Motion_directional of legislation allowing Preventing_or_letting close Self_motion monitoring of future agreements with China , and citizen conferences discussing Communication constitutional amendment .

While Commonwealth conferences were normally held Hold biennially , this conference was held Hold after an interval of only a year as the May 1960 conference due to disagreement Agree_or_refuse_to_act over South Africa and whether the country should be removed Removing from the Commonwealth due to its policy of racial segregation Removing with Malaya 's Prime Minister demanding Request South Africa 's expulsion .

At a press conferences Communication in each city , at related media events , and through their music at the concerts themselves , the artists engaged Participation with the public on themes of human rights and human dignity .

Canada and Australia were referred to as dominions in the conferences Communication statements Statement while Newfoundland Colony and the Colony of New Zealand were granted Giving dominion status by Royal Proclamation on 26 September .

The British had planned Arranging to capture Conquering the ridges south and east of the city of Ypres as part of a strategy decided Deciding by the Allies at conferences Communication in November 1916 and May 1917 .

Ireland had not participated Participation in any equivalent conferences Social_event since 1932 .

prior to the conference , robert mcintyre and douglas young , the leaders of the scottish national party Social_event , lobbied king , fraser , smuts , huggins , and curtin , asking Request them to raise Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the issue of scottish independence at the conference and to invite Request scotland to take part in it and all future commonwealth conferences .

Despite several military actions and peace conferences Communication , the war Hostile_encounter sank Causation into a stalemate by the mid-1960s .

The 2011-2014 conferences have been programmed Arranging by the team from music industry publication CMU .

57 of the schoolgirls managed to escape Escaping over the next few months and some have described Statement their capture Conquering in appearances at international human rights conferences Communication .

It was the first of the World War II conferences Social_event of the `` Big Three '' Allied leaders ( the Soviet Union , the United States , and the United Kingdom ) .

It closely followed the Cairo Conference which had taken place Process_start on 22–26 November 1943 , and preceded Process_start the 1945 Yalta and Potsdam conferences .

Subsequent conferences Social_event were held through 1990 .