He said the U.N.'s own security will need to be increased during this transition period, which will require adequate funding from member states.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

He says European Union member states already have implemented large stimulus packages that account for more than three percent of Europe's gross domestic product.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

In 1938,the year Austria was annexed into Hitler's Third Reich, a Nazi party member stole the Vienna dealer's property, the painting "Portrait of Wally."

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

A joint declaration issued at the end of an African Union summit in Libya said member states would not cooperate in the arrest and surrender of Sudan's president on war crimes charges.

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

Other than Mr.Museveni and Zambia's President Banda, the only other African Union member state presidents to sign the IDP convention were Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, Mohammed Abdelaziz of the territory of Western Sahara,and Somalia's Sheikh Sharif Ahmed.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

At the meeting with ambassadors from member states of the Organization of The Islamic Conference,or OIC., Albright laid out the project's strategies for combating Islamic extremism: First,elevate diplomacy as the primary tool for resolving key conflicts involving Muslim countries.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

Just last month, Saudi Arabia got its first woman cabinet member, Noura al-Fayez, the deputy minister for women's education.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

Haris Silajdzic, a member of Bosnia's three-member presidency, took part in those talks and praised Richard Holbrooke's diplomatic skill.

VOA: special.2010.12.18

Buchanan's chief opponent on the statehood bill was a member of his own Democratic Party, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

The American space agency's Dawn spacecraft began circling Vesta, a member of the asteroid belt that orbits the sun.

VOA: special.2011.07.27

Sometimes,people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person's feelings.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

On June fourth, Mallory and team member Andrew Irvine left their base camp for the team's final attempt to reach the summit.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

The mens four-member Nordic team finished second in the Nordic combined race for a silver medal.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

It tells about a poor boy who trades identities with a member of England's ruling family.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

As they were leaving, Cleveland's wife,Caroline, spoke with a member of the White House staff.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

The superstar won a Gold Medal as a member of the United States Men's basketball team in the two thousand eight summer Olympic Games in China.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

That is Roland Legiardi-Laura,a poet,filmmaker and member of the Caf's board of directors.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

The Frenchman widely known as DSK is a member of France's Socialist party.

VOA: special.2011.05.20

We feel like its wrong. Its a power grab for the government. Ron Kirby is a member of the Northern Virginia Tea Party and Tea Party Patriots.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

Martin's father,Steve Masakowski, is a member of our next band, Astral Project.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

She was a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

Rune Toftgard is a Nobel Committee member from Sweden's Karolinska Institute.

VOA: special.2009.10.07