The promises are grand, but the actions have not measured up.

These are the right things to promise. But what will such promises mean?

What is needed now is not more declarations or promises, but action action to fulfil the promises already made.

Peril or Promise in North Korea?

The time has come to act on those promises.

Despite the promises, aid continued to decline.

Unfortunately, we failed to deliver on that promise.

The many promises made have not been acted upon.

Politicians can make endless promises, but if the budget doesn t add up, politics is little more than mere words.

But few people took those promises seriously.

But these promises are not sustainable.

This session of the General Assembly is not the time for more promises.

Though the G 8 had made a clear promise, there was no plan on how to fulfill it indeed, there were clear instructions that there would be no such plan.

Instead, the European Union needs a new direction.

My own country, the US, shows the largest gap between promises and reality.

So let us make sure we live up to our promises to the world's poor.

But doing so requires more than shallow promises.

Now it s time to role up our sleeves and achieve what we ve promised.

Given China s record as a provider of aid to Pakistan, these promises will quickly be realized.

This increased transparency carries both promise and peril for the companies involved.

All of this has been promised but not delivered.

This idea of promise and progress was central to Argentines.

Only time can tell to what extent, and how fast, such promises will be fulfilled.

Mere promises by the recipient, history tells us, are not enough.

Aid to the poorest countries is stagnant, despite years of promised increases.

We must follow up our promises with regard to alternative livelihoods.

Panel discussion on World AIDS Day Keep the promise Stop AIDS now! (sponsored by the United States Mission)

Panel discussion on World AIDS Day Keep the promise Stop AIDS now! (sponsored by the United States Mission)

NEW YORK The heart of any government is found in its budget. Politicians can make endless promises, but if the budget doesn t add up, politics is little more than mere words.

What chance do we really have of keeping the promises made in 2000?

Some donors have now promised to do so, though only over time others are not ready to go that far, but have promised more aid than they currently give.

Carbon emissions have kept increasing, despite repeated promises of cuts.

Reckless populist promises left a gaping 16 of GDP budget deficit.

The difficulty with this Augustinian approach Lord, make me chaste, but not yet is that promises of future discipline usually are not credible.

Second, the emptiness of G 8 leaders words puts the world at risk.

It is our responsibility here and now to fulfil the generous promises made by our leaders to humanity a week ago.

We must truly come to the assistance of the countries in need.

Press censorship, repression of dissent, and the absence of organized opposition allow rulers the luxury of promising whatever they want, with no political consequences for failing to deliver. The result is government of the sloganeers, by the sloganeers, and for the sloganeers.

Does the pied piper of Venezuela offer a fairer and better way to grow?

Keeping those promises despite America s gloomy economic prospects will not be easy.

With the funding assured, the G 8 would suddenly move from empty promises to real policies.

These promises meant a great deal to Sharon as he faced domestic political challenges. What is needed now is a parallel letter from Bush to Abu Mazen.

It does not take long for voters to discover that the promises of populists were empty.

For 63 years, the vast majority of India s people have waited for this promise to be fulfilled.

Failing to act now will leave us fatigued by an oft promised but not implemented reform.