At the U.N.-sponsored forum in Japan in 1997 rich countries agreed to cut emissions by up to 15 percent by 2020.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Lemelson died in 1997 at the age of 74, but the foundation that he set up promotes problem-solving through invention and innovation.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

That is when governments will meet to hammer out an agreement on climate change to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on gas emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

Dr.Chris Brasher served in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where according to MSF, more than four million people have lost their lives since 1997.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

The Kyoto Protocol is a legally binding treaty agreed to by 37 countries in 1997.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Thailand led the region into the financial crisis of 1997, when fears about the banks and foreign debt led to a collapse of the baht.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

It says since the adoption of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, policies designed to deal with the threat of dangerous climate change, are lagging "far behind" the scientific evidence.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

She told the court at The Hague that in 1997 supermodel Naomi Campbell claimed to have been given a large diamond by Mr.Taylor after a dinner party hosted by Nelson Mandela.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

The Copenhagen conference was to come up with a binding agreement to succeed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol which mandated emissions cuts, but was not signed by some of the world's biggest polluters, including the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08