It is not a political declaration, she adds,but the legal assessment of lawyers.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

"The Brazilian government deeply regrets,therefore, that the joint declaration has neither received the political recognition it deserves nor been given the time it needs to bear fruit."

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

The British hope that because the charter is likely to be adopted as a political declaration only, not as a legally binding text, it will not cause too much of a fuss.

ECONOMIST: Britain and Europe

Although Ms Short and other government delegates were unimpressed by the final Johannesburg text and its separate political declaration, they point to a few specific commitments and a useful emphasis on fighting poverty rather than on conservation.

ECONOMIST: So what was achieved by ten days of talking?

This does not have to be a declaration of political support.

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