"The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the US Congress -- and in the American body politic writ large -- to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serious and capable partners in their own defense."

VOA: special.2011.06.11

Smith-Valade emphasized that with great teamwork, anyone who is speaking on behalf of the organizing committee is well prepared.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Journalist Farhad Paykar, speaking on behalf of the organization, says international forces were reckless and demonstrated an inhumane double standard.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

The most recent Chechen claim of responsibility was posted on the Internet on behalf of separatist leader Doku Umarov.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

Jewish community leader Mark Pelavin addressed the vigil on behalf of the North American Union for Reform Judaism.

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

"And we've demonstrated the importance of American leadership - and American partnership - on behalf of our own security, and the world's."

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

"The best action we can take on behalf of America's family budget and on behalf of the federal budget is to pass health care reform."

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

Mr.Mugabe,signing the accord on behalf of the ZANU-PF party, called it a historic event.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

"Unfortunately,the plan being promoted by the White House would give Washington the power to make highly personal medical decisions on behalf of patients,on behalf of you,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

The G77-China bloc,which negotiates on behalf of 130 countries including some of the poorest nations want the Kyoto agreement to continue beyond 2012 with new emissions targets.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

After the vote,British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant read a statement on behalf of the group's foreign ministers, which said the door to continued negotiation would remain open.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

and hence the caution on behalf of the aviation authorities."

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

She is one of several Goodwill Ambassadors who have lent their fame to this video to speak out on behalf of the millions of children who continue to be cruelly taken advantage of.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

The al-Shabab commander said at the news conference that if Burundian and Ugandan troops have entered the conflict on behalf of the Western-backed transitional federal government, then the Islamist opposition fighters should also receive foreign help.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

But a Swedish diplomat, speaking on behalf of the European Union, which co-sponsored the resolution, said the measure is necessary because similar resolutions asking North Korea to end human rights abuses have gone unheeded for the last four years.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

Whereas the G20 summit in London earlier this month kept its focus on global financial and economic matters, discussions at the Summit of the Americas could be sidetracked by advocacy on behalf of a nation not present at the gathering:Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15