Sentences with phrase «unacceptable harm»

«It's terrible hypocrisy, on the one hand to say that these weapons cause unacceptable harm and ban them and on the other hand to give a sly nod to the US to continue using them,» Mr Conway said.

Again, it was the failure of the CCW's Third Review Conference to effectively tackle the humanitarian concerns over unacceptable harm caused by cluster munitions in 2006 that led Norway to embark on the Oslo Process to establish the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions.

Animal welfare organisations say BST causes unacceptable harm to cows, which are more likely to suffer from mastitis, a painful inflammation of the udder.

The Ministry of Defence said the UK's «ultimate goal» was a new instrument addressing the «humanitarian impact of those cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians».

«It is my sincere hope that the outcome will be a convention prohibiting the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians,» he said.

The Associated Press reports that a coalition of more than 60 environmental groups issued a joint statement saying that opening U.S. waters to oil and gas exploration threatens marine life and coastal communities with «severe and unacceptable harm.»

As EPA appropriately found, the Spruce No. 1 Mine would cause unacceptable harm to waters of the United States, and it should not be allowed to go forward.

«We have worked on the Firth of Forth and Tay projects for nearly a decade to try and ensure that they progress without causing unacceptable harm to our internationally important seabird colonies.