As we undertake a commitment to evaluation, it is possible that we will create a renewed passion for our vision and the energy to expand the way we are thinking about the work we do every day.
In 2003, the government undertook a commitment to provide universal access to antiretroviral drugs (ARVs).
The international community, including virtually all the Governments of the world, have undertaken a commitment at the World Conference on Education for All at Jomtien, Thailand, to increase significantly educational opportunity for over 100 million children and nearly 1 billion adults, two thirds of them girls and women, who at present have no access to basic education and literacy.
We have offered recordings with Joyce Hatto, if she is still able to undertake such a commitment, and have offered to finance a career launch at the Royal Festival Hall with as many members of the original National Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestrasas can be reassembled".
While not all actions that constitute the undertaking of a commitment mimic those involved in the making of a promise or contract, they are all such that the agent can choose whether or not to perform them.
In that case, the world's climate problem would remain unsolved.And moreover, if the EU can be persuaded to undertake a second commitment under Kyoto, it is likely to accept a more modest target than it has already offered.
What is missing from Searle's characterization is the notion of overtness: The agent in question must not only make her intention to undertake a certain commitment manifest; she must also intend that that very intention be manifest.
Part of changing the mindset that leads to war is accepting that starting a war means undertaking a lifetime commitment to the people who serve in it.
Even new-starter specialty trainees do not undertake a service commitment until they have completed their initial assessment of competency (normally performed after three months) allowing them to work under indirect supervision and take part in on-call commitments [ 2].
Allan Parachini, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Superior Court, said: "The way it works is a law enforcement agency or mental health professional can conclude that someone is a danger to self or others and undertake an involuntary commitment.
