Noeleen Hayzer,executive secretary of the UN's Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) says climate change remained "the biggest challenge faced by this generation."

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

President-elect Obama has chosen the chief executive officer of the Chicago schools, Arne Duncan, to become his education secretary.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

women making up more than half of the U.S.population while occupying only 17 percent of the seats in U.S Congress, and constituting less than three percent of Fortune 500 company chief executive officers (SPEAKING) Madeleine Albright, who served as Secretary of State during the Clinton administration, pointed to the challenges women still face globally in achieving the same basic rights and dignity as men.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08