Judge Rosemary Barkett received this year's Award for Public Service for her commitment, as an Arab American, to justice and equality.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

And that is a commitment that we can renew once again during this holy season."

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

"The initial commitment of the private sector to this campaign is more than $260 million,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.24

The fight to end violence against children is the theme for this year's activities in Senegal, which Coulibaly says demonstrates the government's commitment to the cause.

VOA: standard.2009.11.22

"It's a 24/7 kind of commitment, which is why it's nice for me at this stage of my life to be able to take care of my son at night.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"Yet, we did not be discouraged by that. During the Arab summit in Tripoli we reconfirmed our commitment to the proximity talks to help the United States achieve this strategic objective."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

"I think it will also be an opportunity to reiterate our strong commitment to this alliance, and also to the agreements that have been reached between our two governments, not political parties, but between our two governments,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

"I want to emphasize our commitment to the Nigerian market,". "This new flight is a key part of Delta's African expansion and ensures that we maintain our position as the number one US carrier to Nigeria and more broadly to Africa."

VOA: standard.2009.06.13

"Obama as a presidential candidate was big news in Africa,and I decided that since we have a commitment in this library to collecting all kinds of information materials produced in Africa, we should immediately begin to collect materials about Obama, about how Africans responded to the Obama candidacy."

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

And today were announcing a commitment over this next decade, which we think of as a decade of vaccines having incredible impact were announcing well spend over $10 billion on vaccines, Despite the amount of the foundations pledge, Gates says its not enough to develop all the vaccines needed in the developing world.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

"More alarmingly,WHO estimates if the combined effect of decreased financial and political commitment were to be sustained or continued, this could result to a return of a half a million measles deaths each year by 2012, wiping out the gains made over the past 18 years."

VOA: standard.2010.05.21