But Tuesday's declaration is more concerned with stopping terrorists moving their money around the globe.Dr Mahathir has long resented the West's interference in Asian economic affairs.
Indeed, in an increasingly complex and dangerous world, the Declaration is more relevant than ever.
Some mislabelled files even contain a 'track type=wiggle_0' declaration in the header, when a 'track type=bedGraph' declaration is more appropriate.
When I interviewed prominent figures in the settler movement for my book on Israeli settlements, I was met time and again with the declaration that settlements are "more legitimate" than major Israeli coastal cities, in a paradoxical interpretation of Israeli law.
There is nothing more powerful than solidarity, compassion and declarations of love; these are more powerful even than the most detrimental of body image misconceptions.
There are many declarations of basic human rights that are more expansive than simply what the legal system demands.
"His declarations are taking on more and more the tonality of a high moderator, who can, he thinks, still calm down the situation, which is headed otherwise to a complete split of society from the regime, and, correspondingly, towards profound political crisis," Mr. Zubov said.
Indeed, the timing and tone of Iran's declarations may be more politically significant than their content, particularly in the case of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's announcement that Iran had finally reached its stated goal of developing 3,000 centrifuges.
"The benefits of this Doha declaration will be more for domestic sales than for export sales," said Nichal Israni, president of the 450-member Indian Drug Manufacturers Association, based in Bombay.
National security officials said, however, that the declaration must be more than accurate; it must lead United Nations inspectors to arms caches, or to irrefutable evidence that they have been destroyed.
