It nominally accepted the authority of the Provisional Government in Moscow, but explicitly stated its goal of securing autonomy.

After helping to secure nearly full legislative autonomy for the Commonwealth realms, Canada was free to enter the war on its own accord.

While the political program of Hîwa was a mainly nationalist one and focused on securing autonomy for Iraqi Kurdistan, many members were also leftist-minded.

In 1804 and again in 1815, the Serbs secured autonomy from the Ottomans.

The formal Klaipėda Convention was signed in Paris on May 8, 1924, securing extensive autonomy for the region.

Okrika Nweke was formerly part of Umuokrika before securing autonomy.

They did not see these discoveries as potential benefits for all mankind, but only as a means of securing full economic autonomy.

The Northern League campaigned on a pledge to secure greater autonomy for Italy's affluent northern region.

For many Kurds a vote for the alliance was first and foremost an effort to secure autonomy for the mountainous Kurdish homeland in the north.

Early in the 19th century, Egypt had pushed through a program of modernization that promoted export development and secured greater political autonomy from its Ottoman overlords.