Whether that makes them fresh and alert or sloppy and satisfied is a matter of interpretation, but you can bet observers will make a declaration one way or the other come September.
At the same time, they will make a declaration about strengthening trade with Japan, hold their first summit with India (with trade high on the agenda) and publish a report about integrating the economies of "ASEAN+3", which ropes in China, Japan and South Korea.
The fear is that one day Taiwan will make a formal declaration of independence.
Few in Seoul hold out hope that North Korea will make a proper declaration of its nuclear programmes, including its secret uranium-enrichment activities.
David Cameron will not travel to Scotland this week to campaign, but party leaders will make a joint declaration soon on the timetable for the further transfer of powers from Westminster to Scotland, the UK prime minister's spokesman said.
That is the final deadline set in the most recent interim accord, and the date by which Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, has said he will make a unilateral declaration of statehood if the talks are not completed.
"If there is no sense then that Serbia and Kosovo can agree on the province's future, then Kosovo will make a unilateral declaration of independence," he said, adding that "the U.S. will recognize that independence and the Europeans, as far as they can remain united, will follow too".
In 1881, in a letter to the Misericordia community, he said, "Your Mother of the Nativity must be canonized; you must have enough faith and confidence in her protection to obtain miracles from her, then the Church will make a formal declaration".
Neighboring Awash Fentale District will make a similar declaration on Saturday 13 November.
In the lead-up to the meeting, much debate has centered on whether the declaration will make a bold enough commitment to expanding the number of people on treatment by 2015.
"I won't accuse him of complacency, but I'm a little less relaxed than Sir Nicolas about the progress that's been made before the Brighton Declaration, which I think will make a big difference," he said.
