Almost one hundred seventy countries have signed a treaty called the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ' Those sixteen words provide the framework for how we deal with religion in our public schools."

VOA: special.2009.12.24

He said any one-sided step will unravel the framework of agreements that exist and cause unilateral steps from the Israeli side.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"We have 192 countries in the framework convention on climate change and one of them wants to have separate rules,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"There will be a continued role for ongoing stimulus in the short-term as we develop the framework for strong,sustainable and balanced growth."

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

The United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen is intended to create the framework to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

"So it is a universal right. We are within the framework of a universal quest for democracy."

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

But,at the same time, we are continuing cooperating with the agency, and all these activities will be under the IAEA safeguard, but only within the framework of the NPT."

VOA: standard.2009.11.28

Alston said the United States should explain who is running the program and what precautions are being taken to ensure that these weapons are used within the framework of international law.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

"It is our belief that within the framework of Iraq's central government, alongside our Kurdish brethren of Iraq's Kurdish regional government we have reached an understanding to put an end,together, ."

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

"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 president meets Wednesday with Senate Democrats, as the budget committee there and in the House of Representatives begin "marking up" budget resolutions, which form the framework for appropriations and other important legislation.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Last week,President Talabani visited Istanbul to urge Turkish leaders to approve an amnesty for Kurdish rebels, as well as according more cultural freedom to its own Kurdish minority, as part of the framework of a deal to end the PKK's terror activities.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

"The leadership of the Green Movement - gentlemen such as former President Mr.Mohammed Khatami, former Chairman of the Parliament, Mr.Mehdi Karrubi, and former Prime Minister Mr.Mir Hossein Mousavi - still believe that the Islamic Republic can be reformed within the framework of the constitution.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11