Sentence examples for passed a declaration from inspiring English sources

The General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a declaration on the human rights of the world's indigenous people, but Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States voted no.

The General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a declaration on the human rights of the world's indigenous people, but Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States voted no, saying it went too far in giving indigenous peoples ownership of their traditional lands and veto rights over national legislation and local management of resources.

But Congress has not passed a declaration of war since World War II.

Also in 2006, the General Assembly passed a Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and in 2011 it passed its first resolution recognizing the rights of LGBT people.

In 1776, the second year of the American Revolutionary War, the Virginia colonial legislature passed a Declaration of Rights that included the sentence "The freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic Governments".

DAKAR, SENEGAL, 26 May 2010 – Although great strides have been made to get more girls into classrooms, those still out of school are likely to be from families already suffering social neglect and deprivation, an international conference concluded, as delegates unanimously passed a declaration aiming to accelerate girls' access to education.

That the allies would be willing to do what they seemed to be unwilling to do the last time after passing a declaration like this? Q.

Mr. Lewis organized behind the scenes to influence the United Nations General Assembly to pass a declaration last year giving native peoples the right of self-determination.

The majority of the world's nations, led by Brazil, want to pass a declaration stating that nothing in the World Trade Organization rules governing patents would prevent governments from safeguarding public health.

Madaleno's bill would allow the governor to prohibit the federal deployment of the Maryland Guard unless Congress authorizes the use of military force or passes a declaration of war.

Then the legislature worsened the situation by passing a declaration that if "the people of Delaware desire to abolish slavery within her borders, they will do so in their own way" and that "any interference from without, and all suggestions of saving expense to the people... are improper".