Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's executive committee, welcomed the decision, saying in a statement that Europe "has moved from the level of statements, declarations and denunciations to effective policy decisions and concrete steps, which constitute a qualitative shift that will have a positive impact on the chances of peace".
The league said in a statement that it was seeking "a declaration from the Court authorizing the Board of Governors to proceed with disciplinary proceedings against the ownership of the Rangers for material breaches of the team's contractual commitments to the league and the other 29 Member Clubs, as well as for compensatory damages stemming from those breaches".
In a statement, Lord Black said he was seeking a declaration from the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario that the deal he reached with the Barclay brothers and their company, Press Holdings International, was "effective, valid and binding".
Yingling also forwarded a signed declaration from Powell, recanting his statements to police about the phone call from David Miscavige. .
The amended complaint submitted Wednesday included a signed declaration from Rogers confirming the accuracy of statements made about him.
But over the years it has become something far bigger: an identity statement, a declaration of Texas swagger — from barrooms to sports arenas to political conventions.
When this statement is shorn of its euphemism—"get something out of it"—it is a declaration from the White House podium that the United States will violate the Geneva Conventions in any future conflict under President Trump.
"The fact that President Klestil is getting a declaration from this government on the fundamental values of the European Union will clearly not be able to make us forget the insulting, xenophobic and racist statement of Jörg Haider," she said.
Palestinian officials called Mr. Sharon's statement a declaration of war.
In a statement Wednesday, prosecutors in Stuttgart, where Porsche is based, said that in at least five public declarations from March to October 2008, the company denied that it intended to raise its stake in Volkswagen.
