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Janos Bogardi, director of the Institute for Environment and Human Security at the United Nations University in Bonn, said creeping environmental deterioration already displaced up to 10 million people a year, and the situation would get worse.

If we can ever get around to stop destabilizing large parts of this planet, then they won't seem so «threatening» — then, we can shrink the military back from the $ 600 billion monstrosity that it is now (as poster # 4 rightly said) and focus on human security at home and abroad: adequate shelter, food, health, education, and an energy system that won't fry the only livable planet we have.

«What's scary about this,» says Evan Fraser, Canada Research Chair in Global Human Security at the University of Guelph, «is that these underlying structural things are going to be what make these food systems more fragile.»

Not exact matches

«Oftentimes the company will just have an answering machine in human resources with a dedicated phone number, but 90 percent of the time it's ineffective and employees don't use it,» says George Ramos, a managing partner and senior executive investigator at Diversified Risk Management (DRM), a Downey, California - based firm that handles corporate security and investigations.

Amir Rashidi, an internet security researcher at the New York - based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, has worked with Iranian hacking victims.

Months - long testing of the system began in November at the energy department's Nevada National Security Site, with an eye toward providing energy for future human and robotic missions in space and on the surface of Mars, the moon or other solar system destinations.

According to human resources consulting group Aon Hewitt, about 24 % of 401 (k) accountholders had outstanding loans against their bank balances at the end of 2016 — not a great sign for their future retirement security.

While human augmentation is just at the beginning of the innovation trigger phase of the Hype Cycle, complementary emerging technologies such as machine learning, blockchain, drones (commercial UAVs), software - defined security and brain - computer interfaces have moved significantly along the Hype Cycle since 2016.

-- Human rights observers were denied access at least five times that year to Kandahar facilities run by the notorious National Directorate of Security

«In short, under his leadership US IRF policy can advance human rights and, at the same time, make substantial contributions to the national security of the United States at very low cost.»

Increased security at U.S. borders means that undocumented immigrants are more likely to put themselves in the hands of smugglers who are organized, ruthless and profit - driven and for whom humans are disposable commodities to be traded and used for profit.

His speech at the ecumenical conference in Fano in 1934 has recently become well known, for in it he rejected all human means of security and called for a Christian council of all churches to reject war.

Breastfeeding and Human milk's contribution to environment sustainability and food security year - round should be considered in climate - smart development goals at national and global level.

CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same.

Grace then spent 7 years working at the United Kingdom's Representation to the European Union, in Brussels, on justice, security, human rights, and immigration policy.

I want to argue that to sustainably plan for the long - term human dignity must be placed at the heart of foreign and security policy.

Global security, instead, has five dimensions that include human, environmental, national, transnational, and transcultural security, and, therefore, global security and the security of any state or culture can not be achieved without good governance at all levels that guarantees security through justice for all individuals, states, and cultures.»

Placing human dignity at the heart of foreign and security policy may seem foolish and hopelessly idealistic.

Meanwhile, the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) in collaboration with The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has held a two days training programme tagged «Mainstreaming Human Rights, Humanitarian Principles and Civilians Protection in Counter Insurgency Operations in the North East» for Security Personnel within Yobe State, at the Gaats Hotel Damaturu.

Kingsley Udegbunam, an expert in peace, conflict, human security and counter terrorism has revealed why the proposed sit - at - home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB,...

Speaking during the programme, the Executive Secretary of NHRC Mr. Tony Ojukwu said, the training programme was aimed at broadening and equipping the security personnel who were directly involved in the ongoing counter insurgency and counter terrorism operations in the North East with the fundamental principles of Human Rights as well as Rules of Engagement in line with the acceptable local and international laws and principles of arms conflicts.

Why it matters: President Buhari is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on April 30, and both men would likely discuss further U.S. military assistance to Nigeria against the backdrop of serious human rights violations by security forces who use the same weapons to kill civilians.

No matter how you look at it — whether it's the economic benefits, the security benefits, or the human benefits — this action is the right thing to do, and I am proud to continue bringing much - needed reform to the justice system.»

«National security yes, must be a priority for every country, but again not at the expense of human rights.»

The UK government needs to stop fighting the «war on terror» by proxy and instead implement creative policies that can maintain security and human rights at the same time.

He's campaigning on the motto «Stop Wasting Our Money,» and proposes capping public - sector salaries at $ 100,000 a year and eliminating various state agencies such as the Thruway Authority, the Division of Human Rights, and the Office of Homeland Security.

In Africa alone, the continent with the highest fertility rate and lowest use of modern contraceptives, 26 countries will double their population by 2050, according to the U.N. «Fundamentally if you're looking at World Population Day, it is at heart a women's rights issue,» said Roger - Mark DeSouza director of population, environmental security and resilience at the non-partisan policy Wilson Center, based in Washington, D.C. World Population Day is meant to draw attention to the challenges we face with a human population that is constantly growing.

The current head of Human Security Department of the National Security Office, Brig. General Nunoo - Mensah and the Navy commander at the time (who he did not name) were also set for the hit allegedly engineered by elements within the government of the time.

«I am calling for a Green New Deal for New York to establish the human right of all New Yorkers to economic security and prosperity, including decent jobs, living wages, publicly - funded health care, good public education from pre-K through college, and affordable housing, mass transit, and clean energy,» said Hawkins, a working Teamster who unloads trucks at night at UPS in Syracuse.

The limits of adaptation are the underlying focus of the studies, said Kees van der Geest, a co-author of the overview and senior researcher at the U.N. University's Institute for Environment and Human Security.

The essays covered a wide range of topics at the intersection of science of human rights, including reproductive technologies, food security, artificial intelligence, data privacy, and access to water.

At Human Rights First, he helped the organization earn a reputation for leadership in the areas of refugee protection, advancing a rights - based approach to national security, challenging crimes against humanity, and combating discrimination.

Gerald Howarth, the UK minister for international security strategy, says that Taranis will use minimal human intervention but can be remotely piloted at any time.

Food shortage, drought, migration and human security are issues in a society that can later unfold to big issues between states, Slaughter said at the event.

The report is replete with examples of the social controversies involving science and technology at that time - the biological and environmental effects of nuclear weapons testing, DDT and other dioxins, the use of defoliants and herbicides by the U.S. military in Vietnam, the safety of nuclear power plants, the ban on fetal research, a moratorium on recombinant DNA research, the need for human subject protections and informed consent in genetics research, the misuse of psychology as a tool for torture, the implications of national security controls on science; misconduct in science, and the role of and protections for whistleblowers - many of which continue to resonate in the science and society relationship of today.

«Swirling, gusty winds in Earth's atmosphere affect problems at the nexus of landscape degradation, food security and epidemiological factors affecting human health,» Anderson said.

Food security, D'Odorico said, is typically defined as the availability of and access to a sufficient amount of food to meet the requirements of human societies at all places and all times.

Following the murders at Charlie Hebdo in January, the agency funded several new research projects on security and violence — for example, into new mathematical models for social interactions — and increased its support for research on human behavior, the Middle East, the Muslim world, and religions in general.

Changes in precipitation patterns and possibly decreased precipitation in some parts of Africa, which will be unable to support crops and human habitation in the future, would have repercussions, said Roger - Mark De Souza, director of population, environmental security and resilience at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

«This is an unusually dangerous virus for humans,» said Keiji Fukuda, assistant director - general for health security of the World Health Organization (WHO), at a press conference in Beijing this morning.

The report, Information Security at the Department of Health and Human Services, was prompted by the October 15, 2013 FDA cyber breach.

These species were introduced by people at different stages in the island's human history and became invasive, negatively impacting wildlife populations and island food security for the small human population.

Researchers at the Sanger Institute must be mindful of how they store all human data, regardless of whether it is covered by the Data Protection Act, and should ensure that appropriate security measures, as outlined in the Data Security Policy, are in place to limit access and preventsecurity measures, as outlined in the Data Security Policy, are in place to limit access and preventSecurity Policy, are in place to limit access and prevent misuse.

Sex controls the health of human beings.More and more men and women started to join dating sites because at social sites or social places they don't feel security and safety.

All the while there are several tepid make - out scenes going on and the humans venture out of their lair to steal food and provisions, while a demented alien security officer, or «Seeker» (Diane Kruger, «Inglourious Basterds «-RRB-, is searching Monument Valley for the resistance, even killing her own to get at them.

Internally Displaced Persons IIDPs) in Mogadishu face risks to their lives, safety, security and dignity and are at disproportionate risk of gross human rights abuses especially women and unaccompanied children.

But to the mind of this author, the concept of sustainability is somewhat broader, and includes human security, as well as peace and security at large.

In the case of Democratic Republic of Congo, the decline in educational attainments was the result of a decades - long progressive collapse of governance — along with a drop in copper prices — that drove the DRC's GDP per capita down from approximately $ 300 per capita (in constant USD 2000) in the 1970s, to approximately $ 100 at the beginning of the periods of civil war that started in the late 1990s (Human - Security - Report, 2012:92).

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