"But for states with diverse histories and divergent political interests, agreeing a declaration is a major achievement".
Last February, representatives of 46 countries gathered in London to agree a declaration to tackle the illegal wildlife trade, which is worth up to £12bn a year and rated the fourth most valuable to crime after human trafficking, the arms trade and drugs.
This year, however, the decision was made to agree a declaration before the annual conference, which this year marks the 20th anniversary of the landmark fourth world conference on women, held in Beijing in 1995, where 189 countries signed an action plan that identified 12 critical areas to empower women.
The commission failed to agree a declaration last year on a theme of empowering rural women due to similar disagreements.
He eventually – arguably – made good the first part of that boast but, under pressure from President Clinton, gave up on the latter and agreed a joint declaration of the triumph with the official team in the millennium year, losing a fortune in the process.
· Foreign policy: the government has agreed a non-binding "declaration" which states that member states remain in charge of their foreign policy.
At the two-day meeting in Lugano, Switzerland, the doctors agreed a 10-point declaration, to be published early next year, which will chart the way forward for cancer care around the globe.
On Thursday, Mr. Cameron and Mr. Berlusconi had agreed to a declaration that echoed calls from President Obama for an immediate transition to start in Egypt.
A1 Progress at Forum on Children Delegates to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on children tentatively agreed on a declaration of goals after nearly 30 hours of bitter negotiations.
Just before world leaders convened for the meeting, all 193 member states agreed in a declaration signed on Wednesday to combat the proliferation of antibiotic resistance.
