The phrase "affirming the need" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the importance or necessity of something in a formal or persuasive context.
Example: "The report is focused on affirming the need for increased funding in education to improve student outcomes."
Alternatives: "emphasizing the necessity" or "reinforcing the importance".
The "before" group spends the penultimate class affirming the need for role models.
This study represents an example of the synergy between synthetic biology and metabolic engineering, affirming the need for deeper integration of the two fields.
Wearing buttons, Deng made history by affirming the need to marry market forces to socialist ideology, a formulation that endures to this day.
General McChrystal flew here from London, where he gave a speech on Thursday affirming the need for a military buildup in Afghanistan.
These are all expressions of a larger truth and reconciliation movement underway that acts on social justice levels while also affirming the need for deep spiritual, emotional, dialogic, and relational work.
Efforts to control the $70 billion a year global market in conventional weapons got a big boost when the United States signed the United Nations arms trade treaty, joining more than 100 other countries in affirming the need to keep these weapons out of the hands of unscrupulous regimes, militants and criminals.
The storm "affirms the need for much stronger New Jersey coverage," Ms. Walker said.
However, NCUA strongly affirms the need for adequate practices for a program to effectively manage IRR.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the downgrade affirmed the need for the Democrats' approach, balancing spending cuts with higher revenue from the wealthy and corporations.
It also affirms the need to protect the most vulnerable Americans and to invest in education, infrastructure and research and development.
Interestingly, this time the Danish political establishment uniformly affirmed the need to protect free expression, but Jyllands-Posten itself declined to reprint Charlie Hebdo's cartoons, citing security risks.
