I expect a robust agreement at Copenhagen summit meeting that will be effective immediately and include specific recommendations on mitigation,adaptation, finance and technology.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov told VOA that Mr.Medvedev's diagnosis of Russian problems is correct, but he offered no specific steps to address them.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

North Korea's prime minister Kim Yong Il,told Mr.Wen that Pyongyang is open to nuclear talks, but made no specific endorsement of the six-party formation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

"We have to go to the best centers and try to identify specific practices at these centers that could be exported to lower performing centers."

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

Some statement," Republican Congressman Bob Inglis implied that the administration's efforts to employ intensified diplomacy with Iran might be affecting funding decisions for specific democracy projects.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Many of the abstentions and 'no' votes were cast by member states that said they are opposed to resolutions that single out specific countries for censure.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

The Georgian spokesman says he cannot be 100 percent certain about Russia's involvement,but notes that an investigation of specific involvement of Russian special services is underway.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

(Test) The U.N.Secretary-General says he is "optimistic" a climate-change agreement can be reached in Copenhagen that will include specific recommendations on key elements that will take effect immediately.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

The Pentagon press secretary, Geoff Morrell, and that the general would present a range of options, discuss the risks associated with each, and conclude with a specific recommendation.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

"Many of the lands are under customary arrangement and depending on the specific area where the land is being acquired the specific customary arrangements in that area would apply,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

The president has admitted as much, saying that sometimes the Nobel Prize is awarded not to honor a specific achievement, but to give momentum to a set of causes.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Clinton was not specific about diplomatic action that might be taken in the event of a launch, other than to say it would not go unnoticed and would have consequences.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

"We hope to receive entries that describe how specific innovations have improved the lives of women and girls,and proposals for how they can be scaled up and applied more broadly."

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

"Of course,the visit to Libya, I mean everything with Libya is always rather unique and peculiar, but that might be Libya-specific, and I am sure that Gadhafi would have welcomed Bashir.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26