Sentences with phrase «humanitarian disasters»

Yet even though each of these theatres is comprised of external military forces advancing their objectives on civilian terrain within each of these countries, causing massive humanitarian disasters in the process, Washington has failed to develop a strategy to calm the flames, and may in fact be fanning the embers.

Admiral McGinn referenced the potential for climate change to create «more frequent, intense and widespread natural and humanitarian disasters» that will strain military resources and readiness.

The extended drought between 1970 and 1990 in the Sahel region claimed 250,000 lives and created 10 million refugees: it was one of the world's biggest humanitarian disasters.

Not only must we act, but we must act immediately and decisively to avert greater climate chaos and more humanitarian disasters.

The other argument is that, even if humans do in the decades to come rise to the challenge, it could be too late: by then greenhouse gas concentrations could have reached a level in the atmosphere that would in the long run condemn the world to sea level rises of several metres, and a succession of economic and humanitarian disasters.

It's nice to have this particular discussion in the context of a pleasant example like this video, because in many other cases extreme climate events have resulted in acute humanitarian disasters.

Redgrave juxtaposes our horrifying present of inadequate refugee quotas and humanitarian disasters (like last year's clearing of the Calais migrant camp) with the refugee crises of WWII and its aftermath, recalled with archival footage, contemporary news reports and personal testimony — including an interview with the eloquent Labor politician Lord Dubs, who was one of the children rescued by the Kindertransport.

The Night Manager is concerned with the complications and accommodations made to cope with man - made, humanitarian disasters.

«Despite everything, people in Britain are still willing to support a principled foreign policy with an emphasis on sorting out humanitarian disasters.»

There are humanitarian disasters going on all the time, what is so special about this one?

The second set of activities relate to what appears to be the Secretary General's current preoccupation: the prevention of conflict and humanitarian disasters.

From this enlightened perspective, they then pronounce virtually all military actions, regardless of what provoked them and no matter their ultimate aims, to be «humanitarian disasters.»

Theresa May revealed a new insurance deal at the summit in Hamburg that will help Africa when humanitarian disasters strikes and secure # 60 million to help Africa integrate into global financial markets.

We are in the midst of one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern history.

Yet Saudi Arabia is not without its critics, who lament its poor record on human rights, draconian executions of political prisoners and military intervention in the civil war in Yemen, a conflict that has caused a humanitarian disaster in the country and one which is seen as a proxy war between the kingdom and its regional rival, Iran.

Another humanitarian disaster for no reason whatsoever.

«Make no mistake — this is a humanitarian disaster involving 3.4 million U.S. citizens.»

The Harper government's response to the humanitarian disaster in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, and the announcement on November 22nd of the Canada - United States Asia Pacific Defence Policy Cooperation Framework, signal that its policy towards Asia is developing a greater security dimension to accompany its single - minded emphasis to date on economic objectives.

Just a week later, Hurricane Maria would form and eventually knock out Puerto Rico's power grid, setting off a terrible ongoing humanitarian disaster.

That's a humanitarian disaster, here in Greece at the moment.»

Convened by the BGCE and the college's Humanitarian Disaster Institute, organizers of the GC2 Summit released the following statement:

The meeting will be held at Wheaton College, jointly hosted by the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism (BGCE) and the Humanitarian Disaster Institue (HDI).

I am thankful for the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism, and Wheaton College who put their weight behind this event from the beginning.

Ed Stetzer, Executive Director of LifeWay Research Rich Stearns, President of World Vision Stephan Bauman, President & CEO of World Relief Jo Anne Lyon, General Superintendent of The Wesleyan Church Frank Page, CEO of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention Alton Garrison, Assistant General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Jamie Aten, Director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute Sue Elworth, Vice President of Development, Marketing & Communications of the Willow Creek Association Paul Ericksen, Interim Executive Director of The Billy Graham Center for Evangelism Jenny Yang, Vice President of Advocacy & Policy of World Relief Amanda Bowman, Director of Church Mobilization of World Vision Micah Fries, Vice President of LifeWay Research

Jamie Aten, director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, shared four spiritual survival tips to keep in mind amid a storm like Harvey.

Jamie Aten, Humanitarian Disaster Institute: Our Institute has been doing research and hoping to equip churches respond to refugee needs both internationally as well as in the US.

With bombs pounding mostly military targets in Baghdad 15 hours a day, and a humanitarian disaster looming in the rest of the country, Iraqi Christians and international relief agency officials fear that bottled - up aid may be too little, too late for thousands.

Today, I run the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, the nation's first social science research center devoted to the study of faith and disasters.

I told him I'm a college professor, and that I direct the Humanitarian Disaster Institute (HDI), a Wheaton College research center dedicated to the study of faith and disasters.

Jamie D. Aten, PhD, is an endowed professor of psychology at Wheaton College and founder and executive director of the college's Humanitarian Disaster Institute in Wheaton, Illinois.

With the ANC government impassive in the face of this humanitarian disaster, the work of caring for Zimbabwean refugees has fallen to the region's churches, which have used whatever piteously small resources they have to see that these people do not literally die on the streets.

Addressing the UN in New York, Mr Brown called for urgent action to avert the «greatest humanitarian disaster the world faces today».

This does not seem to match the urgency of the humanitarian disaster in Iraq and Syria.

Clinton is urging Trump to send the Navy and other resources to stem an emergent humanitarian disaster in Puerto Rico.

But today, Blair hit back at his detractors and accused Corbyn of being passive in the face of a humanitarian disaster in Syria.

But, Auerbach noted, policymakers, military leaders and others need a firm hold on the science in order to respond to looming humanitarian disaster and be aware of the solutions that may or may not work.

In last year's Defense Department security blueprint, DOD pointed out that climate change may directly affect its mission, since it will have to prepare for operations in a more navigable Arctic, adapt to rising sea levels and be called upon for more humanitarian disaster assistance.

The storm is being described as the largest humanitarian disaster in Haiti since the 2010 quake, killing at least 11 and leaving 10,000 in shelters

The multiple meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in March 2011 caused a humanitarian disaster: Upwards of 100,000 people had to be evacuated from within a 20 - kilometer ring around the site.

With the impacts of the flooding likely to continue well after the flood waters have retreated, Nature examines the escalating humanitarian disaster.

As the world waits to see if its fractious leaders can secure the country's future, its citizens are finding it difficult to secure basic healthcare (see «Greek crisis: How to prevent a humanitarian disaster «-RRB-.

Flooding is also often a humanitarian disaster when it strikes and can be an aftereffect of big development projects, like hydroelectric dams.

And in Pakistan, floods have created a monumental humanitarian disaster, displacing more than 20 million people.

He also filed in - depth reports focusing on the humanitarian disaster and challenges of bringing relief to some of the Nepal's far - flung rural villages.

T - Mobile has just announced that it will offer free in - country roaming and domestic calling to Haiti in the wake of the January 12th earthquake and subsequent humanitarian disaster.

Clearly, that whould have been a humanitarian disaster, taking thousands of lives.

10 «The Usual Suspects: Liberia's weapons and mercenaries in Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone», Global Witness, March 2003; «Logging Off: How the Liberian Timber Industry Fuels Liberia's Humanitarian Disaster and Threatens Sierra Leone», Global Witness, September 2002.

While mankind has succeeded in creating some depressingly disastrous social, natural and humanitarian disaster, we also have the power to alleviate and overcome these self - inflicted challenges.

Unprecedented floods in Pakistan resulted in perhaps the worst humanitarian disaster in modern history.

«The Usual Suspects: Liberia's weapons and mercenaries in Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone», Global Witness, March 2003; «Logging Off: How the Liberian Timber Industry Fuels Liberia's Humanitarian Disaster and Threatens Sierra Leone» September 2002; «Taylor - made: The Pivotal Role of Liberia's Forests and Flag of Convenience in Regional Conflict» September 2001.