"It would be better," this adviser said, "to have a declaration pledging to negotiate the numbers of short-range nuclear weapons down to the lowest possible level, as quickly as possible."

The federation said that the program of action would include shop-floor demonstrations every Tuesday at all factories where unions were organized, warnings to management that worker militancy around legitimate demands would not be curbed and a declaration pledging to continue the struggle for liberation from apartheid.

Participants are expected to adopt a declaration pledging to reduce by half the number of people in the world suffering from chronic hunger - estimated at 840 million - by the year 2015.

The Parliament session also concluded five days of talks on the conflicts between Bulgarians and ethnic Turks, with the formal adoption of a 11-point declaration pledging equal rights for the Muslim minority.

Representatives of 150 countries, from presidents to government ministers and other senior officials, are scheduled to speak before the special session ends on Wednesday, with a joint declaration pledging to drastically reduce the demand for drugs worldwide in 10 years.

The next day, September 25, the Cortes issued a declaration pledging to use arms if necessary and for the whole to aid any one city that was threatened.

As discussed during Delors' visit to Tokyo in May 1991 [see p. 38202], the three leaders issued a joint economic and political declaration pledging closer co-operation, intended to elevate their relations to a new level.

That seemed possible as recently as Tuesday, when government and opposition representatives issued a joint declaration pledging efforts to promote reconciliation and mutual understanding.

But the bulletins also carry a new declaration, written by the congregation in 1990, pledging to seek peace through justice, "engage in non-violent resistance to evil" and preserve the environment.

Countries unanimously adopted a declaration pledging renewed commitment to eradicate hunger from the earth at the earliest possible date.