The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi,said progress is being made on the issue.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

(Recording) He says the prospect of a summit depends on progress on the North Korean nuclear issue, as well as the state of inter-Korean relations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Former U.N.Secretary-General Kofi Annan also warned of the harmful effects of the global recession on Africa during the launch of the annual report of the Africa Progress Panel.

VOA: standard.2009.06.10

"We are seeing the same one who has legitimacy on both sides of the world and able to capitalize those, but the progress we have seen is rather minimal."

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

"Overall,this will be a meeting about reaffirming the status quo, reaffirming the progress that's being made on lots of different issues, but not one with a big ambitious agenda."

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

"We hope to shine the light brightly on the scope and scale of modern slavery so all governments can see where progress has been made and where more is needed,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

The treasury secretary faced some skepticism from some members of the panel as he gave a progress report on his oversight of the $700-billion effort, known as the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or "TARP."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Turkey,which hoped to join the European Union, threatened in January to block Nabucco, citing a lack of progress in its talks on EU accession, but on Thursday it voiced full support to the project.

VOA: standard.2009.05.08

"The president will lay out the framework on many of those decisions and some of the work that has to be done between now and then to make progress in closing Guantanamo Bay."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

The good news is that progress against cancer has been made on many fronts,says Susan Gapstur, vice president of Epidemiology at the American Cancer Society and co-author of a commentary in the journal.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

The European Commission's annual progress report on Turkish membership said Ankara has made some improvements on handling of human rights but said Turkey needs to speed up reforms to boost its chances of joining the bloc.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

A recent progress report on HIV/AIDS says Botswana is one of the nine Southern African countries that continue to bear the global burden of HIV/AIDS, with each country having an adult prevalence of more than 10 percent. The government's national AIDS control program has boosted testing,prevention and treatment efforts.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10