F.A.O.officials say the general ideas for an international agreement or treaty are now largely in place.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

For example,a W.H.O.statement urged nations not to close their borders or limit trade and travel.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

The United Nations agency UNESCO created the Intergovernmental Oceanic Commission, or I.O.C.,in nineteen sixty.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

The new formulation is known as B.O.P.V., or bivalent oral polio vaccine.

VOA: special.2010.01.18

It can be spelled y-o-g-u-r-t or y-o-g-h-u-r-t.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

"Three or four hours before I could fall asleep. I wake up three o'clock in the morning with the same stuff on my mind, tossing and turning.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04