At that time, the leaders are expected to issue a Tokyo Declaration affirming the importance of security ties.

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This could give substance to the alliance's repeated declaration that the independence and security of these countries is a matter of direct and material concern to us.

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Israel knows the United States will use its veto in the Security Council to oppose the declaration of a Palestinian state, should it come to that.

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The point of the threatened declaration is not to get a UN Security Council resolution supporting it.

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Under the legislation as drafted, the secretary of Homeland Security has the authority to make that declaration.

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But the summit's final declaration calls instead for port security to be tightened as part of the ongoing war against terrorism.

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Russia is one of many countries that call Kosovo's declaration of independence illegal, and will use its veto in the Security Council to prevent it from joining the United Nations.

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U.S. officials say a letter sent tothe European Union's foreign-policy chief represents one of the least equivocal offers to negotiate Iran has ever made a declaration that it is ready to talk with the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany, the group the outside world has designated to handle talks.

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The declaration provides principles for understanding and managing diversity and for making the most of it for peace and security, as well as for solidarity, growth and development.

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Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins declared the emergency in his capacity as director of the county's Homeland Security and Emergency Management and instructed the department to file a local disaster declaration with the state.

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