In a statement read to the court, he said that while he had no fear of death, he was frightened of pain.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

After the vote,British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant read a statement on behalf of the group's foreign ministers, which said the door to continued negotiation would remain open.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

On Monday,the local sheriff,J.Walt Femling, read a statement from the Bergdahl family.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

Security Council president condemned acts for the month of September, U.S.Ambassador Susan Rice, read a statement from the council, in which it stressed the importance of respecting international law by preserving the inviolability of the embassy and the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

Speaking for the Transitional Federal Government, Idd BedelMohamed, Deputy Permanent Minister of Somalia at the United Nations, read a statement accusing al-Shabaab and some hardliners of rejecting reconciliation,and acknowledged that the transitional government faces intensified attacks: "Insurgent groups continue to attack Somali government and AMISOM forces with a new influx of foreign fighters allied and in support of al-Shabaab and its radical agenda.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26