Sentences with phrase «over civilian casualties»

The vote does not compel EU member states to act but it does increase pressure on Riyadh, in the wake of criticism from the UN and growing international alarm over civilian casualties in Yemen.

The increase in air strikes has led to concerns over civilian casualties, particularly after the United Nations reported a spike in deaths caused by air strikes last year.

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That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

In the lead up to the vote, Arab League secretary - general Amr Moussa's outspoken attack over alleged civilian casualties raised concerns in Westminster about the extent of international support for the mission.

Blair said handing over the anti-terrorism operation to the military would make it easier for the U.S. government to discuss targeting procedures and precautions taken to avoid civilian casualties, sometimes referred to as collateral damage.

«He also expressed concern over the risk of the conflict escalating further and the danger of further civilian casualties on both sides.»

[28][29] Five days later, he defected to the Liberal Democrats on 10 December 2001, citing his disagreements with Labour whips over his opposition to military action in Afghanistan and the resulting civilian casualties.

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 Iraq Body Count (IBC) Web site has tallied Iraqi civilian casualties — over 100,000 and counting — from media reports since the U.S. - led invasion in March 2003.

The moral quandary at the center of the film may not be an original one — Danish commander Claus Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk) must go to court over a split - second decision made during a firefight in which his actions saved a comrade while unknowingly leading to a number of civilian casualties — but Lindholm takes seemingly ages to get to that point, allowing the audience to soak in the monotony and incessant - if - buried burden of Pedersen's position: serving as ersatz father for his unit while knowing, intuitively, that his family desperately needs him back home.