There is a lack of clarity in the report with regard to other threats posed by Member or non Member States, or within States themselves.

That is the result of economic and social threats, as well as of internal conflicts.

The China Threat, Part Two?

Recently, threats to peace have arisen mainly from internal strife, and those threats, as we have seen to our cost, do not stop at national borders.

As a result, many of the factions within the country are heavily armed and pose a genuine threat to internal security.

The measure, which must be approved by the Minister for Internal Affairs, is used in cases where a person poses a threat to public order.

The national police force had reinforced its anti terrorism unit so as to be able to fight the terrorist threat within the country's boundaries.

The security forces of the Government of Sierra Leone have now an enhanced capacity to contain and deal satisfactorily with potential internal threats.

Coordination is required both in normal times of peace and stability and when a country apos s security is under threat from outside or from within.

This proliferation threatens international security and the security of States and has exacerbated casualties among civilians and internal conflicts.

Both national competitiveness and national security are at risk.

The illicit trade in small arms becomes a threat not only to countries torn by internal conflict, but also to States that are free from instability but are routes of transit or trans shipment for illegal transactions.

In the area of operation, especially in the area of separation, mines continued to pose a threat to UNDOF personnel and local inhabitants.

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(c) The threat

But the scientific enterprise is under threat from both external and internal forces. Now the scientific community must use its capacity for self correction based on new information, discoveries, experiences, and ideas (the stuff of scientific progress for centuries) to address these threats.

(b) to liaise with the Sierra Leonean security sector and other partners, to report on the security situation and make recommendations concerning external and internal security threats

These internal armed conflicts also threaten the coexistence of diverse ethnic and cultural groups in the countries in which they occur.

The High level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change noted that threats are interrelated and a threat to one is a threat to all.

Terrorism was a threat to democracy and to the free exercise of human rights.

That is a much more rewarding achievement than the independence of a State torn by internal wars that threaten the future of the nation, the State and the people.

The primary challenge for the United Nations is to ensure that, of the various clusters of threats, those which are distant do not become imminent and those which are imminent do not actually become destructive.

Some threats have received more attention than others.

Le Défi Chinois

He threatened me with a poker.

No intimidation? No.

You don't want!

Suicide threat?

He threatened me!

You have threatened the empire!

Economic and social threats, including poverty, infectious disease and environmental degradation, as well as internal conflicts, continue to afflict the continent.

Cooperative threat reduction programmes have proven to be an effective tool for reducing post cold war nuclear threats and pre empting new ones.

There's another risk, and they respond less to this existing risk.

New threats have appeared, while other, older ones remain.

On this interconnectedness of threats we must found a new security consensus, the first article of which must be that all are entitled to freedom from fear, and that whatever threatens one threatens all.

We all recall the recommendations on the threat of conflict between States and the threat of conflict within States, as contained in the report of the High level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change in recent months those recommendations were the subject of broad based consultation and discussion.

However, it is time to recognize that hunger and poverty also undermine the internal security of our countries and endanger democracy.

The major threats facing the world today such as life threatening diseases, poverty, climate change and civil war could not be averted through possession of nuclear weapons.

It's not a threat.

The Joblessness Threat

Threat assessment

By reason of duress and threats

Are you threatening me?

Has he threatened you?