Iran, of course, repeatedly asserts its commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), but its past relations with AQ Khan – the self-proclaimed "godfather" of Pakistan's nuclear-weapons programme, and the world's most notorious nuclear proliferator – invites scepticism.
Other Asian leaders would be likely to interpret a troop withdrawal as a reduction of American power, no matter how much the United States asserts its commitment to the region.
"By signing this treaty in the Czech Republic, a member of the European Union and NATO, the United States is symbolically asserting its commitment to European security and putting to rest old East-West Cold War divisions," he said.
The BBC has asserted its commitment to genre fiction in all forms following an attack by a group of authors which accused the programmer of adopting a "sneering tone" towards science fiction, fantasy and horror.
By taking part in the currency swap, at a period when the Chinese currency enjoys increasing global use, the UAE is asserting its commitment to strengthen economic ties with the world's second largest economy.
In a 2010 comment submitted to the EPA contending a lack of data to support an endangerment finding, the coalition nonetheless asserted its commitment to "an unleaded future".
Huawei is readjusting its approach the U.S. In an annual meeting in Shenzhen, the company asserted its commitment on existing customers and markets.
No doubt nervously, the Met asserts its foundational commitment to art history by including two small images of Muhammad; one of them, "The Night Journey of Muhammad," a charming sixteenth-century folio illustration from Herat, in modern-day Afghanistan, shows the Prophet riding the Buraq, a human-headed horse, through the Seven Heavens, amid angels, as men doze in a mosque courtyard below.
Mr. Trumka asserted that the Colombian government had fallen short on its commitment to prosecute and reduce impunity for those who have murdered union supporters.
Its commitment to tackling explosively unpredictable dictatorships, alias "rogue states", its unabashed enthusiasm for asserting American power, its insistence that this involves a desperate race against time: all are classic Wolfowitz themes.Mr Wolfowitz's shy manner and solemn qualifications suggest just another identikit member of the global establishment.
The international community affirmed its commitment to these values in the Responsibility to Protect, adopted by the United Nations in 2005, which asserts the duty to intervene when nations fail to protect, or persecute, their citizens.
