Use of chlorine as a weapon of war is banned and Syria committed to declaring and giving up its stocks last year.
Spain's constitutional court ruled against it, but Catalonia's government, now committed to independence, declared its determination to proceed.
Fougeret de Montbron in his 1753 autobiographical report, Le Cosmopolite, calls himself a cosmopolitan, describes how he travels everywhere without being committed to anywhere, declaring "All the countries are the same to me" and "[I am] changing my places of residence according to my whim" (p. 130).
Talks between the United States and Afghanistan over a long-term security deal have faltered in recent months over the Afghan government's insistence that the United States guarantee Afghanistan's security and, in essence, commit to declaring Pakistan the main obstacle in the fight against militancy in the region.
Speaking shortly after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel met President Bush at the White House, Mr. Dahlan said that the Palestinians were committed to a truce declared a month ago, but felt that Israel had not reciprocated.
He was committed to getting a court to declare that separate facilities are inherently unequal.
"Estrada's confirmation is being blocked by the Senate Democratic leadership because he has not committed to support abortion," it declares on its legislative action Web site.
Judson Phillips, who founded the Tea Party Nation, derided "our leadership in Washington committed to diminishing America" and declared, "We are not going to go quietly into that good night of socialist tyranny!" Neal Boortz, a radio-show host, won huge cheers deriding public education: "They are not public schools, they are government schools...they are forced upon us by government".
Last week Dads & Daughters, a group committed to bettering girls' lives, declared on its Web site that " 'Extreme Makeover' manipulates and spreads our culture's infectious obsession with physical appearance, reinforcing corrosive (and often dangerous) attitudes that contribute to child health problems".
Clumsy food campaigners and journalists, the ones who declare themselves committed to the detail of what we eat, seem far less committed to detail when it comes to the language they deploy.
