Drug trafficking posed a major strategic threat internationally.

Environmental degradation is a major threat to development.

These represent a major threat to stability in Sierra Leone.

The weaponization of outer space is a real and major threat.

In this regard, corruption, and in particular electoral corruption, constituted a major threat.

Environmental protection is a threat that is a major challenge in the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.

Terrorism poses a major threat to global peace, as does the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Malaria remains a major threat to human health and economic welfare in many parts of the world.

On the other hand, illegal forest related activities continue to be a major threat to sustainable forest management.

That situation constituted a major threat to the lives of children and the communities in which they lived.

Mr. Muchemi (Kenya) said that transnational crime remained a major global threat whose negative effects could not be overstated.

It is ludicrous to believe that small Cyprus can possibly pose a threat to a major military power, such as Turkey.

The deployment of weapons in outer space is a major and genuine threat, the consequences of which would be multiple.

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction continues to be another issue posing a major threat to the system of collective security.

One major outcome of all those factors has been increasing unemployment, which continues to pose a serious threat to our economic progress.

It was emphasized that as the world approached the third millennium, crime was becoming a major threat to national and international security.

164. In many countries, criminal organizations and drug trafficking syndicates with transnational links represent a major threat to both Governments and peoples.

IUU fishing is a fundamental threat to sustainable fisheries and ocean ecosystems. It also represents a major loss of revenue to States, notably developing countries.

21. In the context of globalization, a major health problem in the Republic of China on Taiwan would pose a threat to the entire world.

And yet desertification is a major threat on all continents, affecting some 110 countries and about 70 percent of the world's agricultural drylands.

The high level segment of the Eleventh Congress strongly stated its belief that terrorism was a major threat to international peace and security.

The fact that there has been no major nuclear terrorist attack should not lull us into a fall sense of security. The threat remains.

A major potential threat to the overall security situation is the intra factional dispute that has plagued LURD and which continues to create tension.

The uncontrolled proliferation and misuse of these arms remain a major cause of human suffering around the world, and they represent a serious threat to human security.

Civil wars have made news headlines for many decades now, and ethnic conflicts in particular have been a near constant presence as a major international security threat.

Under the National AIDS Control Programme (NAP) the underlying approach is that HIV AIDS is not just a health issue but a major threat to human security.

As we are discussing disarmament and security, I would like to draw attention to aggressive separatism as a major threat to international peace and security.

Despite the enormous strides made in lowering infant mortality, acute respiratory infections and diarrhoea still pose a major threat to child survival in the country.

The world today is experiencing extremely difficult economic conditions which pose a real threat to the process of social and economic development in the developing countries, especially the least developed countries, and pose a major threat to the development of their peoples.

A triple threat.

The actions taken to preserve the stratospheric ozone layer provide an example of remarkable success of scientific and political cooperation in addressing a major environmental threat.

The non transparent exploitation of these resources has become a major threat to the country's sovereignty and deprives the State Treasury of substantial sums of money.

Without such reforms, the nexus between drugs and terrorism will continue to be a major threat to Afghanistan's national security and to the Government's effective functioning.

There was consistent recognition that terrorism was a major threat to international peace and security and uniform condemnation of it, in all its forms and manifestations.

One of the major challenges for sustainable development was to decouple economic growth from the threat of ever increasing pollution.

I can't deal with any threat. This was a big threat.

With the advent of globalization, terrorism and terrorist groups became a major threat to international peace and security (see Security Council resolutions 1368 (2001) and 1371 (2001)).

Landmines and unexploded ordnance continue to constitute a major threat in the Temporary Security Zone and adjacent areas, hindering the resettlement of the population of both countries.

It's not a threat.

It was noted that alternative development would be appropriate if there was a clear threat of overflow of cultivation from other major areas affected by illicit crop cultivation.

Many delegations and representatives of international organizations and non governmental organizations underlined that illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing constituted a major threat to the sustainable development of fisheries.

The growing numbers of young men and women who lack prospects of ever being able to work for a decent living are a major threat to the future of this subregion.

The drug problem has in fact become a major threat to democracy and socio economic development in a large number of countries, varying from one region to another only in magnitude.

All agree that the HIV and AIDS pandemic has emerged as a major threat to development, reversing, as it does, all the gains that have been made so far.

This is a potential threat.