During talks with the Chinese over recent days, Australian officials have urged Beijing not to inflame the situation in the region in order to protect its long-term national interests, which are best served by conforming with its public statements of commitment to a "peaceful rise".
However, reports also sketch another side of the gunman, who frequented radical mosques in Qairouan, made a number of public statements of commitment to Jihad, support for the Islamic State, and his favorite soccer team Real Madrid on his Facebook page.
On the positive side, there is evidence that Gender Unit staff are generating knowledge about, and statements of, commitment to gender equity throughout the system.
At the Children Sustainability Forum: Business for the Future in Bangkok organized by Thaipat Institute and UNICEF at the Stock Exchange of Thailand, representatives of these companies presented written statements of commitment to demonstrate their company's support to child friendly business practices.
"The measures taken by the British authorities towards the Guardian newspaper are out of tune with the British side's statements on commitments to universal standards of human rights, including the area of mass media, protecting the rights of journalists, and private life," he said.
First, he offered a remarkably tepid statement of commitment to defending Gulf Arab allies.
Surveys of students show they believe holding hands is a statement of commitment.
Instead of a showstopper, "Come Rain or Come Shine" became a unilateral statement of commitment directed at a silent partner.
Students and their families should regard applying under a binding program as a statement of commitment representing thoughtful consideration.
It was a welcome statement of commitment from both parties, but to long-standing observers it all felt somehow familiar.
