The declaration considered by the Armenian Supreme Soviet today would proclaim Armenia a "sovereign, independent and self-governed state," the independent news service Interfax reported.

During the last week of October, declarations made in Budapest, Prague, and Zagreb proclaimed the independence of their respective parts of the old empire.

The declaration also proclaimed the intention of making the Ukraine a "permanently neutral state", free of nuclear weapons.

The declaration proclaimed a new nation called the American Confederacy of Venezuela and was mainly written by Cristóbal Mendoza and Juan Germán Roscio.

The declaration, issued from a colonial-era palace in Bogor, 40 miles south of Jakarta, proclaimed a "commitment" to achieve "free and open trade and investment" in the Asia-Pacific region by the year 2020.

At least three international declarations and covenants proclaim the right of all people to leave and return to their country at will.

According to the Soviet news agency Tass the Moldavian declaration proclaimed that "land, mineral and other resources on the republic's territory, as well as the entire economic, scientific, technical [and]financial potential and national valuables" were the exclusive property of Moldavia.

Their declaration proclaimed that all had made "a strategic decision" to uphold and continue the quest for broader peace.

The declaration then proclaims a "State of Palestine on our Palestinian territory with its capital Jerusalem".

Modeled on the United States Declaration of Independence, Stanton's declaration proclaimed that men and women are created equal.