For the North's leadership, the declaration would yield the economic growth it is seeking without demanding the political change it fears.
Last-minute U.S. diplomatic efforts to create an international trusteeship for Palestine failed, as did pressure on the Jewish leadership to delay the declaration of a Jewish state.
"If Britain leaves Europe, our environment, our wildlife and our global habitat will be starved of investment, bereft of protections and denied the leadership it needs," the declaration says.
--Two days aftereceivingng it, the Japanese leadership rejected the Potsdam declaration calling for their "unconditional" surrender, or seemed to.
By contrast, under a statewide declaration, emergency leadership powers would pass mostly to the governor, who could direct the state's considerably greater resources to the city and also potentially seek federal disaster funding.
This framework is now being built upon for our preparations for the UN Special Session on AIDS, particularly the declaration of leadership commitment, and in mobilising support for the Secretary General's Call to Action.
According to Pratt, the Pacific leaders gender equality declaration made at the 2012 leaders' summit in the Cook Islands has galvanised leadership action.
15 Key to success may be 'quieter' leadership, less about bombastic declarations and more about working to facilitate collaboration.
On Sept. 5, we adopted the Majuro Declaration for Climate Leadership, which outlines the ambitious targets of our island states to accelerate their transition to low-carbon economies.
De Brum is in Australia to drum up support for a Majuro Declaration for Climate Leadership, which would demand more urgent action on cutting emissions.
