Writing to his wife, Abigail, about the newly completed Declaration of Independence, John Adams observed that Independence Day "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".
By Dec. 8, Baghdad must present a complete declaration of all of its prohibited weapons programs.
Iraq submitted a complete declaration of its WMD holdings, which was dismissed as lies by the Bush administration.
As delegate Joseph Galloway of Pennsylvania said, the Suffolk Resolves, quote, "contained a complete declaration of war against Great Britain". Okay.
While the document, which comes from Beijing's information ministry, contains no surprises, it is noteworthy as the first complete declaration of its kind from China.
The disarmament talks are bogged down over North Korea's failure to meet the agreed-upon deadline of Dec. 31, 2007, to make a complete declaration of its nuclear programs.
The Security Council voted last week to give Iraq until Dec. 8 to submit a "full, accurate and complete" declaration of any programs it had to develop nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver them.
A new requirement under Resolution 1441 is for Iraq to submit a complete declaration of all of its civilian chemical and biological industries that could possibly be taking part in secret weapons programs.
Mr. Blix also advised that it would not be practical to expect Iraq to give a complete declaration of all its chemical and biological weapons capacities 30 days after the resolution is adopted, as the draft demands.
The last complete declaration of interests of CSM members, for 2001, shows 17 out of 36 members had personal financial links to the industry, while others have declared non-personal interests such as research grants.
It requires Iraq to provide a "currently accurate, full, and complete declaration of all aspects" of any illegal weapons programs and warns that "any false statements or omissions" in the declaration are an element of a grave breach of the resolution.
