"We're at a point in time when we think we have a real opportunity because with the signing of this joint declaration, the parties are coming together and saying that we share a common commitment to address the situation and to offer children better hope for the future through education."

VOA: special.2010.10.26

"In our society, the meaning of marriage is universal - it's a declaration of love and commitment to a special person, " Labour MP Louisa Wall, who introduced the legislation, said.

BBC: New Zealand legalises same-sex marriage

Also on Saturday, 37 CEOs from the finance sector announced their commitment to natural capital in the launch of a most interesting Natural Capital Declaration.

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Well I wouldn't disagree with that basic principle, indeed the Downing Street Declaration enshrined those very principles that where there is a genuine renunciation of violence, a genuine commitment to democracy there there can be participation in the democratic process.

BBC: Northern Ireland