The statement z'man simchateinu (the season of our joy) is a life affirming declaration, even when we confront death.
Now that the U.S. has joined the international community in affirming the Declaration, and therefore accepted an obligation to work toward enforcing Article 36 and the many other human rights protections it affords to indigenous peoples, will it continue with its plan to construct walls that dissect indigenous homelands and trample burial grounds?
Eloquent declarations affirming such rights were embodied in the British Bill of Rights (1689), the U.S. Declaration of Independence (1776) and Constitution (ratified 1788), the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), and the basic documents of countries throughout the world that later used these declarations as their models.
Affirming a traditional Anglicanism, the declaration rejected same-sex marriage and refused to recognize the authority of "heterodox," or unorthodox, priests and bishops.
This produced the Manila Declaration, affirming the right of indigenous people to create new institutions of peacemaking.
The task force did, however, vote to sign the Catholic Climate Covenant's declaration affirming the "Paris Climate Agreement" and opposing U.S. withdrawal from it.
A joint Roman Catholic Orthodox theological commission that met in Ravenna, Italy, in October issued a declaration affirming that the pope had held the highest rank in the Christian church before the Great Schism in 1054.
There is so much international consternation over Mr. Mbeki's suggestions and the impact they may have that 5,000 scientists from across the world signed a declaration affirming that H.I.V. causes AIDS.
It was still there, albeit a bit wilted, when I confidently signed the customs declaration, affirming that I wasn't attempting to bring any fresh produce or plant material into the United States.
All but a few of them, calling themselves a "community of democracies," signed on in Warsaw to a declaration affirming their commitment to democratic institutions and the protection of human rights.
The President on Friday issued a formal declaration affirming his administration's welcoming posture toward investment from abroad, what seemed a clear bid for more of that money.
