Sentences with phrase «of human casualties»

His quest for dominion over dragons sadly comes at the cost of human casualties along the way.

«Captures a plaintive sense of the human casualties from unfettered global consumerism.»

(No mention of human casualties is ever made.)

The League of Nations, with President Wilson's 14 points, failed; and global blood in ceaseless flood and genocidal gore inflicting millions of human casualties awakened the peoples of the earth to the urgency of the United Nations as a global guardian and sentinel on the qui vive of peace and security and respect for human dignity, worth of the human person and inalienable human rights.

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The outcome of a war will not only lead to a sharp escalation in human casualties and displaced families, who have yet to come to terms with the death and destruction from the conflicts in Iraq, Yemen and Syria, but the region itself may no longer be the landscape it currently is as most countries in the area will struggle to recuperate from the large - scale devastation caused by a war.

One of the casualties of the latest round of budget battles in Washington may be the U.S Commission on International Religious Freedom, which has from time to time done invaluable work in highlighting threats to this basic human right.

While acknowledging certain benefits of «emerging robotic armies» (e.g., fewer human casualties for the side deploying the drones), Latiff and McCloskey think that the issues involved are of tremendous moral importance:

The glory of a New Human Order is gory with the blood of over 20 million casualties after 1946!

As reports of civilian casualties mount, we see that, just as Jesus warned, human attempts to «root out evil» on our own, by force, result in the destruction of innocent lives.

During Andrew Marr's Radio Four book programme, when attempting to mitigate the admitted disaster of Chernobyl with its estimated 40,000 casualties, Dr Lovelock commented that «Chernobl was now a wonderful place for wildlife as they were not disturbed by large human communities».

In the end, it will, we may be sure, reassert itself: but only because of the many human casualties which will emerge as our deeply confused society blunders around, continuing to undermine the stability of the traditional family based on marriage between a man and a woman.

According to Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights, «the [Saudi - led] Coalition is responsible for twice as many civilian casualties as all other forces put together, virtually all as a result of airstrikes».

So, even though the memorandum was about preventing mid-air collisions (not missile strikes), it seems to be an important factor for the US to demonstrably follow all necessary precautions to avoid human casualties and further escalation of the conflict.

«But the rhetoric of war has encouraged an over-reaction in which human rights and the rule of law are among the more obvious casualties.»

The finding — based on estimates of war casualties throughout history — undercuts the popular argument that humans have become a more peaceful species over time, thanks to advances in technology and governance.

In February, after learning that the military was releasing these data, both the UN and an Afghan human rights organization agreed to release versions of their own civilian casualty data to Science.

By its reckoning, 2537 civilians were killed and 5594 were wounded over the past 2 years, with 12 % of those casualties attributed to [coalition] forces and the rest to insurgents... In February, after learning that the military was releasing these data, both the UN and an Afghan human rights organization agreed to release versions of their own civilian casualty data to Science.

THE battle in the US over abortion has claimed a casualty: research on transplantation of fetal tissue into humans.

Events during the 2010 - 2012 time period had significant economic impact and were responsible for human casualties in many areas of the world.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)- Coordination of benefits, casualty, estate recovery, Medicare buy - in and related links.

But the brilliant, most significant thing about Fruitvale Station is how it expands the news story we thought we knew, presenting Grant not just as a casualty of prejudice but a fully realized human being with hopes, dreams, and flaws just like the rest of us.

Then it just kept paring until much of the mythos established by the 20 Bond movies before it had been discarded as well, leaving only a thrillingly straightforward adventure movie of blunt violence, high stakes, and human casualties.

Through it all, super spies play at a game where human casualties are just a natural part of business.

It's that heart - to - heart bond that is the essence of Pet Peace of Mind, HGC's unique program that enables hospice patients to keep their pets at home with them throughout their illnesses, ensuring that the deep human - animal bond does not become a casualty at a time when other losses are occurring.

With a combination of humans and Varl, players can easily think their way through most fights taking minimal casualties, but one little tweak would make combat way better.

When you blew up the planet of Kilrah at the end of WC3, an old prophecy began to come true... Reports of the construction of a new Kilrathi home fleet lead to a reconnoisance mission that only finds it utterly destroyed, blown to pieces without any casualties on the attacker's side... In 2670, the Kilrathi were brought to their knees with the destruction of their homeworld at the hand of the human Christopher Blair.

The Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment has decided to constitute «Extreme Weather Forecasting and information Dissemination Mechanism» headed by Rishi Ram Sharma, Director General at the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology to prevent human casualties caused by severe weather induced by tropical cyclones.

In the absence of sufficient political will to tackle the climate problem, courts could prevent and protect society from climate change related damages, casualties, and infringements of human and civil rights.

Emotions have been the only casualty of overheating, and I'm sure there is evidence to show this has been the worst influence of AGW on human health.

Events during the 2010 - 2012 time period had significant economic impact and were responsible for human casualties in many areas of the world.

When natural disaster strikes, one of the first and most significant casualties is clean water: Humans can only go so long without liquids; as days pass without functioning infrastructure, bacteria spread and multiply, as does the threat of disease.

In Our Final Hour, Rees outlines his scare stories, amongst which are his estimate that the odds of the human race surviving this century are just 50 %, and that by 2020 — five years into the GAP project — «bioterror or bioerror will lead to one million casualties in a single event ``.

The aforementioned benefit of fewer casualties and reduced human suffering represents a double - edged sword: Some already argue that the American public is too sheltered from the costs and burdens of our current wars; imagine how little attention the public would direct towards a war in which the only casualties were expensive erector sets that shoot.

At the Chatham House conference, there were several panelists that were quite open that the value of human dignity required a human in the loop on such a momentous decision as who to kill that the ban should be in place even at a time when fewer civilian casualties would result from use of autonomous weapons.

While a utilitarian would be focused on whether civilian (and military) casualties would be less if autonomous weapons were used, a Kantian would object to the removal of humans from the lethal decisionmaking altogether.