These represent a major threat to stability in Sierra Leone.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)).

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.

It is indeed astonishing that, in the report, that major and emerging security threat has been totally neglected and that the paradigm of dialogue among civilizations, already approved by this Assembly as the most efficient means to tackle the growing threat of a clash, has been overlooked.

To view the refugee problem in isolation was to overlook an integral part of the solution to such major current issues as underdevelopment, insecurity and the threat of terrorism.

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.

The United Nations peacekeepers at one checkpoint objected to the presence of the monitors as a security threat, but they were allowed to remain at the two other major checkpoints.

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 international consensus against Al Qaida and the Taliban remains firm, helped by a common understanding of the high level of the threat and of the international consequences of a successful major attack.

In South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, trafficking in persons is a major threat to human security, as the region includes countries that rank high in terms of origin, transit and destination.

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

Landmines and unexploded ordnance remained a major threat to the people living and working in the Temporary Security Zone and adjacent areas, hindering the return to normality of the affected people in both countries.

Militia attacks on civilians decreased over this period, although attacks on villages such as Tawilla, Hamada and Labado in late 2004 and early 2005 underscored the major threat faced by civilians in this conflict.

Threat assessment

India, at least for the moment, has the best short run economic conditions. Inflation, a major threat to the economy until recently, is down under the guidance of the Reserve Bank of India s governor, Raghuram Rajan.

In many rural areas a major health threat (particularly among women and children) is chronic exposure to indoor air pollution, resulting from the combustion of biomass and coal in rudimentary, inefficient systems for cooking and heating.

Alarm Threat imminent.

Europe s Triple Threat

The Joblessness Threat

We need to recognize that major prerequisites for women's health are peace, housing, education, social security, social relations, food, income, empowerment, gender equity, sustainable resource use, and social justice. Poverty is the greatest threat to women's health.

However drug related crimes and violence, including youth gangs, are considered a major threat to public security especially in the small countries of Central America and the Caribbean for which no adequate response has yet been found.

The Team's trips focussed on States which face a high level of threat, which have particular knowledge of the threat or which it deemed vulnerable to the threat.

Recalling that the primary responsibility for promoting and protecting human rights rests with the State, and noting with deep concern that the activities of non State actors pose a major threat to the security of human rights defenders,

Rich countries could justify the expense in terms of the savings that would result from early detection of a major threat. Tropical climates and urban slums are humanity s front line against pandemics, and they should be equipped properly.

Underlining that the deep fault line between the rich and the poor that divides human society and the ever increasing gap between the developed and the developing countries pose a major threat to global prosperity, security and stability,