The United Nations Security Council has the lead responsibility for deciding that an act of aggression has taken place.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

The central bank would work with a proposed Financial Services Oversight Council to decide which companies are too big to fail.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

So the United Nations Economic and Social Council is supporting the expansion of telecommunications technology for health care workers.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

American University Professor James Thurber says Rahm Emanuel will need the cooperation of the Chicago City Council to succeed.

VOA: special.2011.04.25

He said new Security Council sanctions approved in June make clear that international law is not an empty promise.

VOA: special.2010.09.25

The National Council on Teacher Quality is a research group that works to increase the number of effective teachers.

VOA: special.2011.08.11

But if the council takes no action within six months, the court might still be able to carry out an investigation.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

The National Research Council, part of the National Academies, suggested ways to strengthen forensic science in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.10.03

Iran's Guardian Council also approved the candidacy of President Ahmadinejad and Mohsen Rezai, former head of the Revolutionary Guards.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

But Anne Neal from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni says higher prices do not guarantee a better general education.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

Secretary Clinton chaired the meeting, held on the last day of the United States' month-long presidency of the council.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

The Council of Graduate Schools says this followed an increase of six percent last year and nine percent the year before that.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

Discussions about Iran's nuclear activities have intensified among the five permanent United Nations Security Council members and Germany.

VOA: special.2010.04.17

In India,he became the first American president to openly support a permanent seat for that country on the United Nations Security Council.

VOA: special.2010.11.13