Their members are often elected. But some Americans say the lack of national standards is wrong in a competitive global economy.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

But Wally Stevens of the trade group Global Aquaculture Alliance says the industry must continue developing to feed growing populations.

VOA: special.2011.02.08

But the Global Heritage Fund says increasing the number of visitors to an area must be done responsibly.

VOA: special.2010.11.03

The Global Nomads Group charges for programs, but says it tries to help schools with limited resources.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

But the rebellion against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has reduced production, affecting the global market.

VOA: special.2011.03.11

It says the United States "is waging a global campaign" but adds "this is not a global war against a tactic - terrorism or a religion - Islam."

VOA: special.2010.05.29

But he also calls it a global threat to food security.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

So you ought to have global rules to try and deal with them. But that is not the way the Congress is dealing with them in the United States, and that is not the way I expect European regulators will go either."

VOA: special.2010.06.25

But some global security experts say the Moscow bombings represent a kind of terrorism that is here to stay.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

but rather a "global survival pact." Maldives is hosting a two-day conference of 11 nations which are most at risk from global warming.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

But he says the global financial crisis has shown there are also large imbalances to be addressed.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

In his nearly 50 years in the Senate, Kennedy had more impact on domestic issues than foreign policy, but he still made a global mark.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

But,the Chinese president echoed warnings from APEC leaders that the global economy is still fragile.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

That is because 'terrorism' is but a tactic -- a means to an end, which in al-Qaida's case is global domination by an Islamic caliphate.

VOA: standard.2009.08.06

But Martin admits, the global economic downturn was noticeable leading up to the Olympics.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

The WHO's Phase 5 threat warning signals that a global pandemic could be imminent, but has yet to develop, with human-to-human transmission occurring in many geographical locations.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

But it has taken on new urgency,coming one day after the World Health Organization raised its global swine flu alert to Phase 4 on the six-point scale.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

And he pointed to the issue of trying to develop agreed standards of reform in the global financial world where progress has been made, but where much more work is required.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

But,he warns, warmer global temperatures could bring more,and bigger,storms.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

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

National and state governments around the world have been trying out various incentives and subsidies to promote clean renewable energy but the global economic slowdown has hurt the ability of many governments to dole out public funds.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

"This nuclear testing poses a grave threat, a challenge to the NEPT regime and also poses a grave threat to the peace and security,stability, not only in the Northeast Asian region, but also the whole global community,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

The level of violence is up. I worry a great deal about the overarching impact of the global financial crisis on not just Afghanistan or Pakistan, but all of us in our ability to resource this in the future.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31