The Reform movement's doctrinal declarations, such as the Pittsburgh Platform (1885), have been without lasting influence.
He wrote key declarations such as the "Summary View of the Rights of British Americans" (1774), "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms" (1775), and the "Declaration of Independence" (1776); authored numerous bills; and wrote his Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States, a modified copy of which was still in use till 1977.
Concern for the plight of the poor permeates the Bible, with pointed declarations such as, "The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern" (Proverbs 29:7).
Targets for the reduction in tuberculosis deaths are clearly set out in WHO declarations such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
International declarations such as the Millennium Development Goals and the Education for All Movement indicate that the educational attainment of vulnerable children has become a global priority.
A plausible explanation for this is that health systems have been shaped by international declarations such as the 'Declaration on strengthening district health systems based on primary health care' (the 'Harare Declaration') or the Alma Ata Declaration Meessenn et al. 2014).
They also include "soft law" resolutions and declarations, such as the General Assembly's United Nations Millennium Declaration [ 42], which, although intended to create a good faith obligation on member states to work towards the MDGs, remains a recommendation with normative effect only [ 43].
Recognition of this relatedness is underpinned in international declarations such as the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN 2007) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (UN 1992) as well as in policy guidelines by major conservation agencies (IUCN and WWF 2000; WWF 2008).
UNICEF grounded the CFS framework in the 1990 Convention on the Rights of the Child's principles of children's rights, as well as other international human rights instruments and international declarations such as the Declaration of Education for All (1990).
Apart from national laws and policies, South Africa is also a signatory to international agreements and declarations such as the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, the United Nations Principles for Older Persons, the Valetta Declaration, the WHO Policy Framework on Active Ageing, and the African Union's Policy Framework and Plan of Action on Ageing.
