Sentences with phrase «protecting civilians»

As cyberspace becomes the new battlefield, nations should commit to protecting civilians from nation - state attacks in times of peace, he said at the RSA conference.

Portugal (9 October)-- «On new and emerging threats, such as armed drones, autonomous weapons, cyberspace and militarization of outer space, we should encourage transparency and adapt applicable international law or develop new regulatory multilateral security frameworks responsive to the objective of protecting civilians and Human Rights.»

The second by Micah Zenko in Foreign Policy argues, accurately, that the seven - month military investigation quickly went beyond protecting civilians to regime change.

The army should be protecting civilians, instead they are crippling them with illegal taxes and abuse,» said Serralta.

A direct and decisive leader, he is committed to his job and passionate about protecting civilians.

There are different objectives in place with some tasking you with the likes of protecting civilians, killing a specific amount of enemies, or protecting watchtowers for a certain amount of time (which is the absolute worst, might I add)-- no matter what the objective is though, the game always feels the same to play.

A new zone is also being introduced in patch 1.11 called Midtown Patrol that will let players take on super-villains in a wave - based format while also protecting civilians.

In this week's playthrough, Join Anthony as he plays through Chapter 4 of Spec Ops the Line and dies multiple times while protecting civilians and trying to avoid friendly fire.

So far what we know about Anthem is that players will be taking the role of a freelancer who finds work by protecting civilians by exploring the dangerous landscapes outside of the safe zones.

These intentions might be deeper and more sinister than just protecting the civilians of Hillys.

Everything I've said so far is preparation — and I haven't even mentioned baroque elements like Iron Man's «Iron Legion,» his arsenal of drone Iron Men designed for tasks like protecting civilians from collateral damage.

It calls on Tony Blair to do more to fight against terrorism but to put more focus on protecting the civilians in the UK and abroad.

«Mr. Fall specifically said, «Thank you for protecting civilians and by extension protecting children which is part and parcel of our mandate.»

The research will explain how diversity within political and military leadership in UN missions affects their effectiveness in protecting civilians, and how diversity between UN mission leadership and peacekeepers on the field influences a mission's capacity to protect civilians and stop fighting.

1973, the limitation is that the use of force must be directed at protecting civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack.

While the first, aforementioned, project is focused on the best way to provide services and goods to endangered populations, the second project focuses on protecting civilians from harm.

On December 7th the Saïd Business School's Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation hosted a seminar entitled «Protecting Civilians: Oxford and Oxfam working together on the ethics of war, weapons and humanitarian aid.»

It allows one to protect civilians by fighting combatants who attack first.

There was no attempt to protect civilian population: Israel engaged in the ban, or herein, in which every inhabitant of a conquered city was killed: men, women, the old, little children (Josh.

Referencing an earlier comment in the paper that said «Our values matter more than deals with Saudis», he said: «As a world leader in humanitarian aid, the UK must ensure its policies and practices to protect civilians are consistent.

«Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the UN resolution «reflects that we have accomplished our mandate to protect the civilian population of Libya».

«It is, however, the responsibility of the Nigerian Army to protect civilians and clearly distinguish between civilians and combatants.

Even if you despair of international politics, do not despair of agencies like the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Caritas, Oxfam and Islamic Relief who work every day to protect civilians in their homes or wherever they have fled.

This important new norm contends that it is the international community's responsibility to protect civilians when a state fails in its responsibility to do so.

However, paragraph 4 of SC Res 1973 «Authorizes Member States... to take all necessary measures, notwithstanding paragraph 9 of resolution 1970 (2011), to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya» (emphasis added).

That may well be so, but a stalemate would protect civilians.

Evidently, additional support in the form of ground forces would go some way towards bolstering the mandate of 1973 to protect civilians, particularly as Gaddafi's forces continue their assault on the cities of Misratah and Ajdabiya.

The purpose of such an act must be to protect civilians or civilian populated areas.

Does a cultural distance between mission leadership and the national contingents make it easier or harder to stop conflict and protect civilians?

In my view, para. 4 of Res 1973 does not prohibit the targeting of Gaddafi and authorises it where this is deemed necessary to protect civilians and civilian populated areas.

For many years, Dr Slim has advised corporations and humanitarian organizations on applying ethics to protect civilians.

The warnings by NGOs, such as Human Rights Watch in a coalition of 47 organizations in June that the UN was not sufficiently prepared for the elections and lacks «adequate and appropriate resources to protect civilians... and to avert election - related violence» (HRW 2011) were not acted upon.

Recent events in eastern Ukraine, Palestine, and Syria should remind us that there is such a thing as the International Law of Armed Conflict or the International Humanitarian Law, which aims to limit the effects of conflict and protect civilians against the abhorrent nature and terrors of war.

They should also ask Mr Hague what time limit he believes should be placed on the UN Security Council over its responsibility to protect civilians before further more robust action is taken.

The letter calls for Britain to press for an immediate ceasefire, noting that to do anything else «would be to fail to uphold the UK's responsibility to help protect civilians dying in this conflict».

I want to see an African Union mission that has the resources to put Al Shabaab permanently into retreat and that also takes seriously its responsibility to protect civilians.

«These resolutions permit all necessary measures to protect civilian life, including attacks on command and control bases.»

Operative paragraph 4 of the resolution also authorises Member States making the notifications so provided, and acting in co-operation with the UN Secretary - General, to take all necessary measures to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, including Benghazi, while excluding a foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory.

The report recommends foreign policy follows five guiding principles: to actively work to protect civilians; to challenge abuses of humanitarian law and human rights; to deliver on policies like the Arms Trade Treaty which save lives through international agreement; to meet the challenges of the modern world, including new threats like terrorism; and strengthening multilateral institutions, with the UK taking the lead to reunite the UN.

Most of thew times, we see military intervention is to «protect the civilians» or to serve as «help» in the conflict but the history show us military often choose a side (usually, not always rebels) to «protect and help»; remember for example, NATO acted in Libya to help civilians; we know know they only protected the rebels.

We encourage Nigeria; the federal, state and local leaders; to do everything to secure the affected communities and protect civilians, including Muslims and Christians.

Military commanders already apply humanitarian «rules» to protect civilians, as laid down in the Geneva Convention of 1949 and its protocols.

But, says the Red Cross, those rules and customs — such as not bombing hospitals or shooting nurses — can not protect civilians in modern cities.

Warring factions in the Mexican state of Michuacán have taken the lives of innocents and filled the streets with unlicensed armaments in their crossfire: drug cartels like the Knights Templar have terrorized the people for years, while the white T - shirt - wearing Autodefensas, led by Dr. Jose Mireles, have fought to protect the civilians, though their methods are as illegal as their drug - trafficking opposition.

Do you agree that these abuses are true and have been committed by some of the peace keepers that are meant to protect civilians in Mogadishu?

A slip and fall lawyer helps protect civilians when private property owners fail to maintain their buildings, walkways and entranceways.

This is why some of our vets enter careers that are similar to the military, with similar goals... to protect civilians.

Not exact matches

And more is needed to protect overseas bases, which are vulnerable because other countries» civilian electricity grids are as vulnerable as those in the U.S.

Steve Ward, who spent seven years as an officer with the Seattle Police Department and six with the city's SWAT team, says he founded Seattle - based VieVu in 2007 to protect officers against unfounded civilian complaints.

i would say bringing harm to children or young people would be a definite... but yet the right wing «christians» can somehow justify dropping bombs on civilians... but sometimes maybe bombs have to be used to protect us or others, just like a person may need to use gun to protect himself or his family..