"There is the initial definition by the United Nations when they adopted the genocide convention, which is considered generally authoritative.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

The remarks came in a speech at a packed convention center attended by members of the Ghanaian parliament.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

Pillay says some of the most pervasive forms of discrimination and exploitation experienced by children have become more widespread and known since the adoption of the Convention.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

Later this month, a proposal to ban the international trade of bluefin tuna will be debated by almost 200 countries that signed the UN convention on endangered species.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

A majority of scholars and historians agree that the massacre of an estimated one million Armenians during World War I constitutes genocide as defined by the 1948 United Nations Convention on Genocide.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

Security Council president condemned acts for the month of September, U.S.Ambassador Susan Rice, read a statement from the council, in which it stressed the importance of respecting international law by preserving the inviolability of the embassy and the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25