Sentence examples for passing a declaration from inspiring English sources

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".

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.

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.

On March 20 , 1920 delegates from Palestine attended a general Syrian congress at Damascus, which passed a resolution rejecting the Balfour Declaration and elected Fayṣal I son of Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī, who ruled the Hejaz king of a united Syria (including Palestine).

Although there is no question that Roosevelt was concerned about public support for entering the war, this was not because he thought that he could not obtain a declaration without it in late 1941, before the Pearl Harbor attack, he had enough votes in Congress to pass a formal declaration of war.

On April 25 Congress passed a formal declaration of war in the interest of securing Cuban independence.