The situation speaks to our values, to our fundamental ability to ensure equality, justice and the right to dignity, and it requires us to honour the promises made.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

But they, too, are beginning to accept that Mr Savimbi's tactic has been to promise enough concessions to keep the process alive but never to honour these promises.

ECONOMIST: Angola

If so, Mr Putin will find it hard to honour the generous promises he made in his campaign, when he seemed to embody government largesse.

ECONOMIST: Vladimir Putin

And to honour their own promises.

ECONOMIST: South Africa��s role in the world

Finding the cash will be hard, given Mr Toledo's promises to maintain economic stability and honour the foreign debt.

ECONOMIST: Peru��s election

Cronenberg, known for films including The Fly, Crash and Eastern Promises, will be the first Canadian to receive the BFI's highest honour.

BBC: Ralph Fiennes and David Cronenberg to get BFI honour