But if the United States wants to renounce possession of chemical weapons, we could better do so through a unilateral declaration of policy.

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Sadly, there is no way to square this declaration with Turkish policy.

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This process has gained new impetus following the Nagoya Biodiversity Summit, where the representatives of development agencies, development banks and development cooperation policy institutions unanimously adopted a declaration for the mainstreaming of biodiversity agendas into development plans.

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The policies supported by the Declaration of Innovation cover four critical areas of economic policy: free trade, immigration, wireless broadband and government spending.

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The last time massed ranks of British economists aligned themselves behind a particular view on policy was in the early 1980s, when 364 signed a declaration opposing Margaret Thatcher's policies.

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The committee also said that "having signed a declaration on 5 May 1998 that he would faithfully support the current policy of the UUP and that he would accept the party whip, he has failed to do so on an ongoing basis".

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After a declaration like this, one could hope for a speech offering more than just policy.

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The 215th anniversary of America's own declaration of independence would be a perfect opportunity to announce such a long-overdue policy shift by recognizing the independence of Slovenia and Croatia.

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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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