But Abdullah added that steps must be taken to ensure a fair vote next month.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

The concert was also aimed at publicizing a World Cup related education initiative known as 1Goal Education, which FIFA and South Africa hope will ensure a basic education for as many as 72 million African children.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

Pelosi has faced opposition from fiscally-conservative Democrats still nervous about the longer-term cost of the legislation,and opposition from some her in party who assert that language in the measure does not go far enough to ensure a continuing ban on the use of federal funds for abortion.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

PRESIDENT OBAMA: "I think Afghanistan is still winnable, in the sense of our ability to ensure that it is not a launching pad for attacks against North America.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

A family friend, political activist the Reverend Al Sharpton, says they want to ensure that the pop star is properly honored.

VOA: standard.2009.06.29

And,this could help put pressure on international brands to ensure those workers are treated properly and paid a decent wage."

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

He says he wants to ensure that the failure of a single, large financial firm would not threaten the entire economy.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

"We will just exercise a level of surveillance that will clearly ensure that nothing like this happens again,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.23

This new program, which is funded by a $2 million grant from the United States, aims to ensure greater protection for these families.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

To ensure that a child stays in school and succeeds in school, she said,education must be useful.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Agricultural research can ensure that a smallholder,the fisher person, the pastoralists,the forest dweller and the herder are provided with the means to adapt to climate change.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

The sides also reached a so-called "end use" monitoring agreement that would ensure U.S.military technology provided to India is not sold or otherwise transferred to third parties.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

And,to ensure that, a huge security operation has been put in place.

VOA: standard.2009.05.26

He told a gathering in Washington recently the alliance is doing important things to ensure its security from conventional threats and from new ones like terrorism, piracy and cyber attacks.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

"The report reconfirms that we still need a strong regulatory system to ensure that the technology is not squandered away by poor management practices by both farmers and seed developers."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

When we have shortages in one part of the country of beds or intensive-care beds we can ensure that a network of services provides them in another part of the country."

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Lawmakers who will negotiate the differences for the Senate and House will have to ensure that a final bill is below the $900 billion the president set as a maximum figure.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

The bill from Democratic Senator Charles Schumer and Republican Senator Lindsey Graham seeks to reinforce border controls and calls for the creation of a high-tech Social Security card to ensure that employers hire only legal workers.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

(Speaking) Bdi says although they can't exactly get back the time lost as a result of these technical delays, other steps in the process can be accelerated to ensure that the vote happens on schedule.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Although there's near universal agreement that the Americans with Disabilities Act was a huge step forward, many Americans say that much work remains to be done to ensure the equality of access that all people deserve.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

To ensure support, Democratic leaders agreed to a bipartisan amendment, approved 240 to 194, prohibiting a future government-run insurance plan from offering abortion services, and barring anyone receiving federal subsidies from purchasing private plans that cover abortion.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

Turkey started EU entry talks in 2005, but Cyprus has repeatedly used its position in the EU to block the opening of chapters, or areas to negotiate to ensure policies meet EU standards, as a pressure tactic on Ankara.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"Let's get a firm strategy, let's discuss that, let's poke and prod it and ensure that we have done it the right way, then implement tactics to achieve that strategy, and part of those tactics are deciding resources."

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

With large areas of the Gulf closed to fishing and the industry reeling from the impact of the spill, the president announced what he called a comprehensive coordinated multi-agency initiative to ensure that seafood from the Gulf is safe to eat.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

"I define success as the ability to empower and transfer responsibility to Afghans as rapidly as possible, and achieve a sufficient level of stability to ensure that we can leave behind an Afghanistan that is not controlled by al-Qaida or the Taliban,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

So we thought that it's timely, especially that this year, there was a great effort by UNAIDS invested in the region to ensure that all the countries will actually report and live up to their commitments made to the 2001 Declaration in the U.N.General Assembly Special Session on HIV.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

And to the degree we can help, we will do that,". U.S.officials who attended the meetings say Secretary Gates urged Prime Minister Maliki and regional President Barzani to ensure the new parliament forms a government in a "timely and inclusive" manner after the March 7 election.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

"We want to reintegrate those people who are today perhaps part of the insurgency but prepared to abandon violence and prepared to join the political process and we want to ensure that the Afghan government is free of corruption and therefore able to be a strong authority against any Taliban insurgency in the country."

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

"And we will have to take action in London to make sure that the banking system is reformed, to ensure ourselves that our financial institutions can come to the aid of the poorest countries, and to make sure that we do what is necessary to ensure that there is strong growth and recovery - and particularly jobs in the world economy as a result of the actions that we take,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.25