It was the raised American hand that raised eyebrows. Why did US Secretary of State Rice abstain on a UN Gaza ceasefire resolution she worked so hard to craft with European allies, and whose goals she announced she agreed with? Publicly, Rice says th...
The European Union says a gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine does not threaten European supplies. But the issue is serious enough to prompt an emergency EU meeting on Monday, and fresh efforts to resolve the dispute. Pipes seen in a gas storage...
Georgia and Russia have agreed to work to resolve security incidents in the breakaway South Ossetia region where the two countries fought a war in August. Although the two days of talks did not produce a detailed accord, mediators say progress was m...
Conflict resolution marked the career of former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari who has received this year's Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to secure peace in various regions of the world. In this report from Washington, Senior Correspondent A...
By David Gollust State Department 06 March 2008 The United State Thursday welcomed the Organization of American States' resolution on the Colombia-Ecuador crisis, which calls for an OAS commission to investigate the matter. U.S. officials say efforts...
本单元是关于新一年愿望的对话。 Alice: Oh it's nearly the New Year. Has everyone got their champagne glasses ready? There's still time to think about our New Year's resolutions. Tim, you go first. Tim: OK, this year I'm going to work really hard a...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 26 January 2007 The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution condemning any attempt to deny the Holocaust. From U.N. headquarters, VOA's Peter Heinlein reports Iran's delegate was alone in speaking out against...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 16 November 2006 watch Iraq Senate Hearing U.S. troop levels in Iraq and hopes for a political resolution to the violence in that country dominated the first post-election hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committ...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 08 November 2006 The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling on the United States to end its economic embargo of Cuba. An old car passes next to a billboard in Havana that reads '70 perc...
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 08 August 2006 watch UN Resolution report Hezbollah fired another barrage of rockets into northern Israel Monday. Israeli warplanes struck the major Lebanese cities of Beirut and Tyre. Israel says its army is ready fo...