It represents a partnership of government agencies, private organizations and other groups around the world.

VOA: special.2009.02.12

Those are the two biggest rating agencies in the U.S. today and they're extremely powerful organizations because they --Standard & Poor's also does letter grades, a slightly different system, but almost the same.

如今他们是美国最大的两家评级机构,而且他们是非常权威的组织,标准普尔也进行字母评级,体系上有些区别,但基本相同

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They include people from religious organizations, businesses, non-profit organizations, high schools, universities and government agencies.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

"They said,without this service, NGOs [non-governmental organizations and agencies will be unable to reach operation areas in the east and south of the country, and it is an area that is particularly insecure and difficult,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.02