This was, perhaps, what is called a declaration of solidarity .

We need to stand by the victims and their families and make a frank declaration of solidarity.

But so far this has not been enough to make the Council produce anything more than declarations of solidarity with those receiving refugees.

State Democratic leaders, meanwhile, descended on Nashville to plan and make their own declaration of solidarity.

We not only require in this case a declaration of solidarity but also to see solidarity in action.

Still, it received considerable support from the Indonesian government, in the form of financial donations and declarations of solidarity.

A month ago, the French president wagged his finger at the candidate countries and demanded a declaration of solidarity with the EU.

The speedy declarations of solidarity by Europe and the NATO allies have not been forgotten.

Their attempt to celebrate National Day in 1937 was a declaration of solidarity with the Youth Leadership of Congress.

Is there, then, not good reason now for demanding a declaration of solidarity by the French president in respect of the EU's common foreign and security policy?

Perhaps a reflection of their own desired autonomy, the Congress included a "declaration of solidarity with the autonomist demands of the Armenians" (page 314).

The British persuaded the Kurdish and Armenian representatives to sign this Kurdish-Armenian declaration of solidarity against the Kemalists for strategic reasons.

Cardinal Mahony's declaration of solidarity with illegal immigrants, for whom Lent is every day, is a startling call to civil disobedience, as courageous as it is timely.

When Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, Plyushch jointly signed with 16 other Soviet dissident a declaration of solidarity with the democratic movement in Czechoslovakia.

This event was organised by the Hungarian Civic Party, took place in a park in the city centre, and featured the reading of a declaration of solidarity with the non-violent protesters in Budapest.

This agreement is a framework treaty, which will be, and must be, followed by further agreements concerning action and projects, because we do not wish merely to make a general declaration of solidarity; we want to put things into practical terms.

If the EU does not change its tactics, there is everything to indicate, however, that, when it comes to the crunch, the WTO meeting in Doha will be proof that all the fine declarations of solidarity are being abandoned.

A result of the meeting, and of the growing opinion among feminists that Mrs. Whitehead was being held to an unfair standard of motherhood, was a simple declaration of solidarity with her: "By these standards we are all unfit mothers."

I also believe that tomorrow afternoon's debate could produce not only renewed declarations of solidarity, but also, and above all, specific proposals, because Europe can make a significant contribution to reconstruction, as well as to alleviating the situation of crisis that the citizens of Abruzzo are living through.