The study suggests that the Obama administration work with Middle Eastern allies to repeal laws that restrict citizen freedoms, hinder political activities or suppress freedom of expression and assembly.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

We want to see freedom of expression and assembly carried out.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

"In the 21st century, expression and assembly are carried out on the Internet so we are going to continue to support those Iranians who wish to circumvent and be able to communicate without being blocked by their own government."

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

They will attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York and the Group of Twenty economic meeting in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania.

VOA: special.2009.09.19

Later this month he plans to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York and the Group of Twenty meeting in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

The separate resolutions were adopted in the General Assembly committee responsible for social, humanitarian and cultural affairs known as the Third Committee.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

Also briefing the General Assembly's Social,Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee was the U.N.Special Rapporteur for Burma, which is also known as Myanmar.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

And that is something California Assembly member Fiona Ma of San Francisco is working hard to change.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

The meeting would involve Mr.Netanyahu, U.S.President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas alongside the U.N.General Assembly in New York later this month.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Tens of thousands of Malians have been holding protests and expressing outrage since the National Assembly adopted the new family code in early August.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

It called for flexibility on assembly lines, and mandated that problems be fixed as soon as they were discovered so mistakes would not be repeated.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

Wood said the U.S. continues to support freedom of speech, assembly and expression,saying Washington hopes the various parties in Pakistan resolve their differences and refrain from violence.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

The resolution expresses the General Assembly's "grave concern" over the recent trial, conviction and sentencing of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her return to house arrest.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

Mitchell is working to mediate a meeting with Mr.Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and U.S.President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the U.N.General Assembly next week in New York.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

The comments were the most prominent to date by the United States on efforts led by the OIC to get anti-defamation resolutions approved in the U.N.General Assembly and the U.N.Human Rights Commission.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

After their talk on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, Mr.Obama said the United States and Japan have a major role in working with other countries toward economic recovery.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

Briefing reporters here, State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said the "annual exercise" in the General Assembly obscures the fact that the United States is a leading source of food and humanitarian relief aid to Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Addressing the assembly, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez called the embargo an "act of arrogance" and said it has cost the Cuban economy tens-of-billions of dollars over the years and deprived children of needed medical care.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also released a statement on Sunday, expressing her condolences to the victims of what she called "savage attacks" at the Iraqi Ministry of Justice and the headquarters of the Baghdad Provincial Assembly.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

State Department Acting Spokesman Robert Wood said Clinton,in her calls to the Pakistani leadership on Saturday, urged a non-violent settlement of the confrontation with the opposition and said that there should be no impediments to peaceful, democratic assembly.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16