For example, at the time of the next COP, in Cancun in 2010, I was working with an international coalition of local governments working on sustainability, which coordinated a global mayoral declaration of action on climate change.
It bills this as "a declaration on future action from the parliaments involved" — suggesting the intent is to generate international momentum and consensus for regulating social media.
The grand committee hearing will take place in London on Tuesday morning, British time — followed by a press conference in which parliamentarians representing Facebook users from across the world will sign a set of 'International Principles for the Law Governing the Internet', making "a declaration on future action".
But a consensus among 27 countries is hard to reach, not just on declarations but especially on actions to be taken.
The birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. this year coincided with President Bush's declarations on affirmative action in higher education.
The European Declaration on Epilepsy recommends interdisciplinary action to help people with epilepsy understand their condition and make the search for a proper treatment possible in order to improve their quality of life [ 11, 12].
"Recently, more than 500 businesses, including giants like GM and Nike, issued a Climate Declaration, calling action on climate change 'one of the great economic opportunities of the 21st century'.
The Rome Declaration on Nutrition and Framework for Action also prioritizes the eradication and prevention of hunger and poverty in all its forms.
In a Declaration on Mental Health in Africa, urgent action is called for to address mental health issues, to include mental health into the post-2015 Sustandable Development Goalspecificallyically to respond to the mental health needs that arise as a consequence of violence in society, especially against women and children (Daar et al., 2014).
The conference's World Declaration on Nutrition and Plan of Action for Nutrition, unanimously adopted by delegates from 159 countries, emphasize that improvements in human welfare, including nutritional well-being, must be at the centre of social and economic development efforts.
