They had asked Francis to consider making such a statement in advance of a conference against the death penalty they had planned for the coming week.
The prime minister's office put out a statement in advance of his meeting with Mr. Obama the next day in which Mr. Netanyahu said he expected to hear certain assurances from the president.
The leaders issued the statement in advance of a meeting Monday of E.U. foreign ministers to decide what policies or strategies they could adopt toward a Middle East that is rapidly undergoing change and where the outcome is unpredictable.
In a statement in advance of his filing, Trump claimed he was worth TEN BILLION DOLLARS, spelling the sum out in capital letters, and his team complained that the financial disclosure document was "not designed for a man of Mr Trump's massive wealth".
"We are at a unique moment in history," UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibé said in a statement in advance of the U.N.'s upcoming AIDS forum.
In their statement in advance of the Bali meeting, "Time to Dismantle WTO Inequality," the Africa Trade Network (ATN) hit the nail on the head for concise recommendations.
A White House statement released in advance of the speech said it "encourages the private sector to share appropriate cyber threat information with the Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center".
"Europe's position as a knowledge superpower depends on thinking the unthinkable and exploiting the best ideas," Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner for information technology, said in a statement prepared in advance of the formal announcement.
"I am making this statement today in advance of the hearing of the FA disciplinary charge because I feel the FA, in pursuing charges against me where I have already been cleared in a court of law, have made my position with the national team untenable.
A statement issued in advance of the demonstration highlighted the UK law that gives officers the power to ask members of the public to remove facial coverings "where police anticipate there may be criminal offences".
This is, as Capron ([ 5], p. 261) observes, "a statement made in advance of an illness about the type and extent of treatment one would want, on the assumption that one may be incapable of participating in decision-making when the need arises".
