 In 1945, the Potsdam conference was held, where it was decided not to return Italian Somaliland to Italy.The United Nations opted instead in November 1949 to grant Italy trusteeship of Italian Somaliland, but only under close supervision and on the condition—first proposed by the SYL and other nascent Somali political organizations that were then agitating for independence, such as the Marehan Union Party, Hizbia Digil Mirifle Somali (HDMS) (which later became Hizbia Dastur Mustaqbal Somali) and the SNL— that Somalia achieve independence within ten years.British Somaliland remained a protectorate of Britain until June 26, 1960, when it became independent.