Sentences with phrase «fueling international conflict»

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Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

«At such times, the international community has a responsibility to avoid fuelling the conflict.

A few examples: The overlay of rising demand and lagging supply of oil or comparable liquid fuel will shape everything from economics to international conflict.

At this meeting, G8 governments must take action to ensure that diamonds do not finance conflict and terrorism and show their strong commitment to promoting the effective implementation and monitoring of the Kimberley Process, an international diamond certification scheme to stop diamonds from fuelling conflicts.

For more information, please contact Corinna Gilfillan at Global Witness: [phone], or [phone] Ian Smillie at Partnership Africa Canada: 1 [phone], or Susan Isaac at 1 [phone] ActionAid - U.K. www.actionaid.org Amnesty International - Canada Amnesty International - London Fatal Transactions - Netherlands www.niza.nl/fataltransactions Global Witness - U.K. www.globalwitness.org Network Movement for Justice and Development - Sierra Leone One Sky - Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living - Canada Oxfam International Partnership Africa Canada www.pacweb.org Physicians for Human Rights - U.S.A. World Vision U.S.A. Editor Notes: The KPCS, launched in January 2003, requires governments and the diamond industry to implement import / export control regimes in rough diamonds to prevent conflict diamonds from fuelling war and human rights abuse.