But despite weeks of negotiations, the three main political parties - the Maoists,the Nepali Congress, and the Communist Party known as UML have failed to reach a consensus on who should head a new government.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

"It'll be a critical summit, from the point of keeping the EU together,keeping consensus that the EU should maintain leadership on this issue,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.29

But we are moving toward a broad consensus on reform,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

But we need the world to move with us and reach consensus on a broader set of global standards that can be applied more evenly and enforced more credibly around the world,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

"Were he to return, then the expectation is that he's managed to secure a consensus of sorts,at least to get the government formed and let it get on with its daily business."

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

"I think we are recognizing that the Washington consensus on economic policy is over - that the old world has gone, that we have got to build a new consensus on economic development for the future,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

"The president, at the consensus recommendation of his inter-agency task force on interrogations and detainees did put in place a new group, the High-Value Interrogation Group, which will be housed at the FBI " "And it will bring together all the different elements of the intelligence community to get the best intelligence possible."

VOA: standard.2009.08.24