Sentences with phrase «global economic insecurity»

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They include job insecurity due to mergers and acquisitions, as well as some reprioritization and downsizing due to the global economic meltdown and the negative public image perception caused by withdrawn products and safety issues.

In the case of Rwandan refugees who are estimated at 1 600 (0.5 % of the global Rwandan refugee population), 4 protection challenges do not only emanate from socio - economic exclusion but also from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)'s recommendation that said Rwandan refugee status be revoked through the invocation of cessation clause in accordance with Articles 1C (5) and 1C (6) of the 1951 Refugee Convention.5 Added to this challenge are also those of insecurity, fear and terror, caused by an unending hunting down of Rwandan refugees who live in South Africa and elsewhere.

Comparing current global conditions to the turmoil that followed each of the World Wars, he has said the international exhibition is a response to economic, political and social crises, including «a humanitarian catastrophe on the high seas, deserts, and borderlands, as immigrants, refugees, and desperate peoples seek refuge in seemingly calmer and prosperous lands,» and the uncertainty and insecurity that accompanies such desperate disorder.

This factsheet provides current information showcasing how disasters drive global food insecurity and hunger, particularly when they compound existing economic vulnerability.