Sentence examples for commitment to renounce from inspiring English sources

Japan's commitment to renounce war forever, made in the war's aftermath in the form of Article 9 of the Constitution, has maintained peace in the region for the last 55 years.

The Rev. Shawn McKnight, executive director of the Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that celibacy, which is mandatory for Roman Catholic priests and religious, was "the commitment to renounce one's natural right to marriage and to live a chaste life for the kingdom of God".

"For that reason we continue to call upon Chairman Arafat to live up to his commitment, to renounce once and for all the use of violence as a political weapon, and to exert a 100percentt effort to stamp out terrorism".

This would include a commitment to renouncing the use of any products from species at threat of extinction and a promise to support the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) ban on the international trade on ivory until elephant populations have stabilised.

UNICEF partner organization Tostan has had notable success in teaching communities to reject FGM/C – 74 communities recently made public commitments to renounce it entirely.

This elementary commitment to permanently renouncing violence in the resolution of political differences has unfortunately not been kept by the present Palestinian leadership.

Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain met here today with Bertie Ahern, the Irish prime minister, to discuss the current state of the Northern Ireland peace effort, which has suffered significant setbacks in recent weeks -- including the postponement of legislative elections -- after talks failed to elicit sufficient commitment from the Irish Republican Army to renounce paramilitary activities.

If you want to convert to Judaism, it's a 100% commitment, meaning you have to renounce ALL tenets of your former faith - including Christmas and Easter.

MCCAIN: Well, hopefully, that Hamas now that they are going to govern, will be motivated to renounce this commitment to the extinction of the state of Israel.

He was, to the end, unwilling to renounce his principled commitment to China's constitution — to the freedoms enshrined in law but unprotected in practice.

"I hope that the pope's words will inspire our president and Congress to demonstrate a like commitment to speaking the truth about the Armenian genocide and to renounce Turkey's campaign of concealment and denial".