Sentence examples for declaration drafted from inspiring English sources

A declaration, drafted by members of a reconciliation council, was to be presented to the prime minister at a ceremony in Sydney in May.

The declaration, drafted in part by President Klestil, amounted to a bizarre list of democratic commitments and mea culpas for the prospective government of a modern European state to be signing.

Also on the agenda was a much more strongly worded declaration, drafted by PEN centers from Central Europe and the former Soviet Union, accusing Russia of genocide in Chechnya and of clamping down on independent news media that have resisted the government's propaganda line.

The Declaration, drafted in 1948 – just two years after the founding of the UN itself – was the world's first expression of the inalienable rights shared by all, regardless of colour or creed, gender or age.

Balfour Declaration Draft A draft of the Balfour Declaration, the 1917 document that called for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in what was then Palestine, sold for $884,000 yesterday at Sotheby's.

The Declaration was drafted by a committee, though Jefferson unquestionably wrote most of it.

"Since the Millennium Declaration was drafted in 2000, our world has changed dramatically," Behar says.

But this Balibo Declaration was drafted by Indonesian intelligence and signed on Bali.

To this end, the draft Declaration and draft Plan of Action to be submitted for approval to the heads of delegations who will particípate in the Rome Summit should be bereft of brackets.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, drafted under the leadership of Eleanor Roosevelt and adopted in 1948, elegantly declares that every person "has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests".

Virginia's 1776 Declaration of Rights, drafted chiefly by George Mason, was a notable forerunner.