Foreign Minister Westerwelle, heard through an interpreter, said Germany's priority is helping the Afghan government become capable of defending itself.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Our main priority right now is to work with the local authorities in Wajid to secure the unconditional release of the staff,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

UNIFIL political advisor Milos Struger says, "Our immediate priority of UNIFIL is to restore calm in the area.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

The Electoral Complaints Commission says "a high priority" since they could affect the outcome of election results.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti, "The important aspect of what we have been doing today, our immediate priority, was to restore calm in the area;

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

"A lot of countries are not buying the fact that nuclear terrorism is a high priority.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

"No options should be removed from the table in spite of the fact that at this stage, a priority should be given still to diplomacy,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

He also noted that national reconciliation needs to be a priority of the new government.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

It is a necessity. He believes that the first priority of any climate bill enacted by Congress must be to put a cap on global warming gases.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

The effort has been deemed a foreign policy priority of the Obama administration.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

She says a priority is to finish the job of polio eradication.

VOA: standard.2009.05.18

She says protection of the civilian population is a priority.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

So,while the campaign is global, the Red Cross says a priority is to reach people in the most remote corners of the world within the next few weeks with its life-saving messages.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

"As our assessment determines that we have a gap between the demand on the ground and our ability to deliver, obviously we then adjust the priority on delivery of supplies coming into the theater.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

President Obama is fighting hard timing is now,". for his top domestic priority, an overhaul of the current health care system that would cost at least $1 trillion, a priority he asserts that can be achieved without adding to the federal budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

We need help from the developing countries as they put priority on this in their budgets and the quality of their delivery systems to get out and reach every child, And he calls for more public/private partnerships that include the major pharmaceutical companies.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

To underscore the priority the administration puts on the issue, Clinton made the release of the report a major event that included bipartisan Congressional leaders and activists from Albania and Costa Rica who were among nine people from around the world saluted in the report as anti-trafficking heroes.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16

"Over the last few months, there have been a number of training centers open that are exclusively for members of both the Afghan National Army and the Afghan national police force, and I would say that drug usage and illiteracy are two of the big problems within the security forces that NATO has really made a big priority now.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23