The phrase "a mere declaration" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize that something is only a statement or assertion without any substantial backing or action.
Example: "The committee's response was nothing more than a mere declaration of intent, lacking any concrete plans for implementation."
Alternatives: "just a statement" or "simply an assertion".
But, of course, he could not maintain a bill for a mere declaration in the air.
In contrast to the United Nation's 1948 Universal Declaration, the ECHR was more than a mere declaration, no matter how solemn.
While the announcement was seized on by the Yemeni regime and western commentators alike, a mere declaration does not an Islamic emirate make.
Not very hard, perhaps: "The executive is taking the easy route and passing the hot potato to the legislature," says Ildefonso Guajardo, a PRI deputy.Even if it passes intact, the bill is a mere declaration of principles.
Rather, the requirement is to "officially open" an embassy, which can be done with a mere declaration upgrading the status of one of the existing consular facilities in the city.
To that end, the non-regional conference participants were downgraded from much-too-official-sounding "observers" to more humble "supporters".With key regional countries making clear their lack of enthusiasm for a full-blown security apparatus, or even just another regional organisation, Turkey, which is hosting the conference, drafted a mere "declaration".
So far the latter have been winning, for example in agreeing to Russia's request for the nuclear-weapons cuts agreed this week (see article) to be backed by a legal document rather than a mere political declaration.
And finally, the mere declaration by the legislature that a particular kind of property or business is affected with a public interest is not conclusive upon the question of the validity of the regulation.
Too much of the dialogue is mere declaration.
This manifestly cannot be accomplished by mere declaration; there must be conditions imposed and provision made for their performance.
Woods, previously imprisoned and banned from employment in his country, pointed to what he termed "the moment of opportunity," moving from "mere declaration to accountability".
