He said the agreement is, in his words,a suicide pact.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

Lastly, there will be very often a list of blessings for the party who obeys, and curses for the party that violates the pact.

最后，通常都是对遵守约定的一方，有什么样的奖励,而对违反的人会有什么样的诅咒。

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The pact is a modest but important step forward, according to Kingston Reif, at the Washington-based Center For Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

but rather a "global survival pact." Maldives is hosting a two-day conference of 11 nations which are most at risk from global warming.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Swan remembers a pact he made one very cold day on route to the South Pole.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed says countries like his that are most at risk from global warming are looking not for what he called a "global suicide pact,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Analysts say whenever the two sides agree on a new treaty, that pact must still be ratified by the U.S.Senate and the Russian Parliament - or Duma.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

But it costs money," The report comes in the lead up to the December meeting of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, to agree on a new climate pact before the end of the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

The report noted that 165 Iraqis were killed during May from insurgency-related violence, less than half the April casualty figure of 355.U.S.-led forces in Iraq are set to withdraw from all Iraqi cities by June 30, in accordance with a security pact signed between the United States and the Iraqi government,last November.

VOA: standard.2009.06.01