The phrase "approved the declaration" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of formally accepting or endorsing a statement or document, often in a legal or official context.
Example: "The committee convened and unanimously approved the declaration regarding environmental protection."
Alternatives: "ratified the declaration" or "endorsed the declaration."
The New York Provincial Congress met there on July 9, 1776, approved the Declaration of Independence, and proclaimed the creation of the state of New York.
Macon, departing from his usual pattern of negative voting, approved the declaration of war against England in 1812 but opposed conscription and all taxes needed to wage war.
As the founder John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail, the day that Congress approved the Declaration of Independence "ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more".
On 26 August, the National Assembly approved the Declaration.
In September 2007, the United Nations General Assembly approved the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with 144 votes to four.
Today's "American mind" must rightfully include the thoughts and ideas of blacks, women, Muslim and Christian -- a much more diverse population than the land-owning white males who approved the Declaration of Independence.
That politicians could approve the Declaration in less than a week and return to the same room a decade later to spend a summer on the Constitution seems a marvel.
Even before the UN adopted the Universal Declaration, the Organization of American States approved the American Declaration (1948).
In 1945 the founder members of the United Nations approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In 1821 León rejected and Granada approved the Guatemalan declaration of independence from Spain.
The day after the UN passed the convention, it also approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, inspired by Lauterpacht's ideas.
