It has a long name: the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.

VOA: special.2009.12.08

"This means different regions are heading in different directions and some regions have indeed begun to eliminate overfishing."

VOA: special.2009.08.11

And we're working to eliminate 'food deserts' so that folks have easy and affordable access to the foods they need right in their own neighborhoods."

VOA: special.2010.06.07

"We will never be able to eliminate all risks,and athletes who engage in competition are taking these risks also.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

"On the directive of the government, the army is now in full scale operation to eliminate,militants,miscreants and anti-state elements from Swat,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

The delays forced NASA officials to shorten the shuttle's mission by one day and eliminate one space walk.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

"And this bill will eliminate even more American energy jobs, making it harder and more expensive to produce both energy on and offshore.

VOA: standard.2010.07.31

While this is good, he says the ultimate aim is to completely eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

"I do not expect that we will be able to eliminate fraud in two weeks' time,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Under the World Health Organization India has pledged to eliminate avoidable blindness in 10 years.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

some with the capsaicin-receptor and some that had been genetically modified to eliminate that receptor.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

U.S.President Barack Obama has used his weekly address to encourage fiscal discipline in the federal government, and outline his plans to eliminate waste and increase efficiency.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other senior officials have repeatedly urged allies to send more troops, and to eliminate restrictions on how their forces can be used.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

(SPEAKING) The university president says if anyone tried to eliminate freedom of speech, which Ukrainians enjoy on news programs and talk shows, he would have very big problems.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17