That partly reflects the bitter experience of past summit meetings, where tens of billions of dollars were pledged to alleviate poverty and many countries dragged their feet in delivering on their promises.
In an NHS system failing to cope with winter pressures, the government recently pledged £2bn to alleviate the crisis.
This year, let us pledge to help alleviate the suffering of refugees everywhere.
Most continue to live in disgraceful poverty despite successive governments pledging, and failing, to alleviate their suffering.
While insisting on "our enduring commitment to Israel's security", Obama's message offers a prayer for "peace between Israel and her neighbours" and pledges to "work to alleviate the suffering, poverty, injustice, and hunger of those who are not yet free".
He pledged to produce a regional plan to alleviate homelessness, protect renters' rights, support public schools, create more parks and clean polluted storm drains that feed bacteria to the waters offshore.
The coalition consists of 29 organizations that have pledged to raise money and awareness to alleviate the worst refugee crisis of our time, among them the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Catholic Relief Services, the Islamic Center of New York, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Church World Services and Episcopal Relief and Development.
If so, Tehran's pledge of better "transparency" for United Nations inspectors would do nothing to alleviate concerns about Iran's ability to clandestinely build and test atomic weapons.
Labor pledged to buy back Modbury Hospital located in the district of Florey, privatised under the Liberal government to alleviate the effect of the State Bank collapse.
