We talked to some people in Washington, D.C. and Miami, Florida about their resolutions, hopes and wishes for 2009.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

So I'm looking for prosperity in twenty-ten." Malia from Virginia does not make too many resolutions.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

On Friday,there were new demands for Iran to follow Security Council resolutions to halt nuclear enrichment.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

For fifty years, Congress had passed resolutions and laws controlling slavery in United States territories.

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At the session, Clay offered 6 resolutions as a plan of work for Congress.

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But many people we spoke to kept their resolutions very simple, like this boy.

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Clay said there was equal justice in his resolutions ending the slave trade in the District of Columbia and strengthening laws on the return of runaway slaves.

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But I ask the honorable senators whether their duty will be done by simply limiting themselves to opposing any one or all of the resolutions I have offered."

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And out of the party. The committee on resolutions considered three platforms.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

"I'm not a believer in resolutions for New Year's. I think that resolutions come when they need to throughout the year, when you decide that someone needs a change."

VOA: special.2009.12.28

The Confederate Congress debated several resolutions to fight Lincoln's proclamation.

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So is the idea of making New Year's resolutions.

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Making New Year's resolutions is a common tradition.

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(Laughs). "What kind of resolutions are those?"

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Some resolutions are about helping others.

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Clay listed his eight resolutions.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

"Oh,usually to lead a healthier lifestyle by eating better food and not drinking so much,so (Laughs)" Jamar Negron,a high school student from New Jersey, has a few resolutions for two thousand ten: "I'm a fencer, so my New Year's resolution is just to become better at fencing.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

In recent weeks, a number of state legislatures have approved resolutions barring detainees from being transferred to their states.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

The separate resolutions were adopted in the General Assembly committee responsible for social, humanitarian and cultural affairs known as the Third Committee.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20

"Last September,the world learned that Iran had secretly built another uranium-enrichment facility at Qom, in clear violation of Security Council resolutions and Iran's IAEA obligations."

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Many of the abstentions and 'no' votes were cast by member states that said they are opposed to resolutions that single out specific countries for censure.

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The comments were the most prominent to date by the United States on efforts led by the OIC to get anti-defamation resolutions approved in the U.N.General Assembly and the U.N.Human Rights Commission.

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The president meets Wednesday with Senate Democrats, as the budget committee there and in the House of Representatives begin "marking up" budget resolutions, which form the framework for appropriations and other important legislation.

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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.

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