An official from Kenya, Adam Barre Duale,said it showed a lack of unity in the fight against hunger.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

The UNESCO official says schools need to modernize and improve what they teach and how they teach it.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

American officials say it will take at least two years for what one official called a meaningful measure of progress toward long-term stability.

VOA: special.2009.05.09

It is not an official holiday but lots of couples still enjoy it.

VOA: special.2011.02.11

It was her first official recording.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

Partial results will not be announced before Tuesday. It may be weeks before full, official voting totals are released.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

Israel said it did not intend to embarrass Biden, the highest-ranking Obama administration official to visit the region.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

While the anniversary was an official holiday in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, it was a somber occasion in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Although thousands of people now identify as Taino, the tribe has yet to receive official government recognition or the federal benefits that accompany it.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

"So it's a stone person standing on a hill and that is the official symbol of these Olympic Games in Vancouver and up in Whistler.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

But as one Hamas official put it: Mr.Abbas has dealt a "lethal blow to reconciliation."

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

Thetop U.N.climate official Yvo de Boer said it is time to act.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

In the hours leading up to Gary's official memorial to it's most famous son, a steady stream of visitors took pictures and left mementos at his childhood home.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

It is supposed to be the official song for the 2010 event, but according to talk radio host Jenny Crwys-Williams, many have called in to voice their disappointment.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

A UNHCR official based in South Sudan confirmed to VOA that it had started receiving a steady flow of refugees from the Central African Republic, adding to the large number of Congolese refugees who were displaced by the group.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

Alex Vatanka,a senior Middle East analyst for the Britain-based Jane's Publishing Group, says that compounded official anger about Western broadcasts to Iran when it was already the target of broadcasts by Voice of America's own Persian News Network.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

A senior U.S.official who spoke to reporters said Iran had sent diplomatic signals that it would respond to the P5+1 offer after its June presidential elections, and that post-election political "mayhem" in that country was probably behind the delay.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

North Korea's official Rodung Sinmun newspaper described the country as a "proud nuclear power" Monday, and warned it would be a "great mistake for the United States to think it will not be hurt" in the event of military conflict on the peninsula.

VOA: standard.2009.06.22

"It is clear that he was keener than the official policy on engaging and negotiating with the Taliban, so that could be connected with it or potentially the new government wanting someone who maybe wasn't as closely linked with the previous government here in the U.K."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22