Turkish officials were in Washington last month to defend their government's no-vote in the latest round of U.N.sanctions against Tehran.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

He said lawmakers needed to voice a position before Wednesday's U.N.General Assembly consideration of a resolution supported by Arab countries on the Goldstone report.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

But the West and the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency want greater access to Iran's nuclear facilities to ensure that energy is all that Tehran is seeking.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

As new U.S.and U.N.economic sanctions are a response step up the pressure on Iran's economy, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is urging his countrymen to change their habits.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Deputy Executive Director of the U.N.Children's Fund, Saad Houry, agrees that the reality does not always live up to the Convention's vision of a world that is made safe for all children.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

Mitchell said he is not discouraged about his mission's recent setbacks, including acrimonious exchanges over a recent U.N.report alleging possible war crimes in last year's Gaza conflict, citing the example of his successful Northern Ireland peace efforts in the 1990s.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

(Speech) Iran's official Arabic-language al Alam TV is reporting (No Transcripts) The Iranian Student News Agency reported earlier the head of the parliament's national security committee, Alaedin Borujurdi, would put the U.N.draft nuclear deal between Tehran and the West to a vote of his committee after discussing its pros and cons.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The U.N.report notes that the world's poorest countries are also the ones that use the most water for agriculture.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

Gregg Easterbrook writes a weekly piece called "Tuesday Morning Quarterback" for E.S.P.N.com.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

"That's kind of fun!" "What's your name?" "Broklin,B-R-O-K-L-I-N."

VOA: special.2010.04.30

The address is u-s-a-l-e-a-r-n-s dot o-r-g.

VOA: special.2009.01.15

That's m-a-c-a-r-o-n.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

North Korea's deputy U.N.Ambassador Pak Tok Hun categorically rejected the resolution, saying it was a U.S.initiative intended to destroy North Korea.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

At the U.N.climate change summit in Copenhagen last year, Senegal's president,Abdoulaye Wade, stressed the importance of planting the "Great Green Wall."

VOA: standard.2010.04.01