Now, it is a twenty-first century hub for addressing human security issues at the heart of a united Europe.
The Human Security Centre of the University of British Columbia has been keeping track of armed conflicts since World War II.
"New thinking and practical approaches are needed to address the threats that climate-related migration poses to human security and well-being, " Warner said.
Resolving the issue is key to Nigeria's progress, according to Obasanjo, who now heads an eponymous foundation that is working to promote human security across Africa.
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To make matters worse, Mr Axworthy's remarks in the Security Council about multilateral diplomacy and defining human security in more than military terms have not pleased American strategists.
University's Institute for Environment and Human Security and lead author of the report released Wednesday, said the challenge is to better understand the dynamics of climate-related migration and displacement.
The report posits that the most important goals in this context are jobs, human security and the justice system, even if that comes at the expense of more ambitious goals of countering prejudice and discrimination, building the broader private sector or improving democracy.
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Churches in Africa are becoming strong social capitals whose values lie not simply in providing spiritual support, but also in strengthening the civil society, creating healthy networks among people and valorizing the agency of Africans to safeguard basic human security for integral and sustainable development.
The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices.
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Water affects all living systems and many things we need: energy generation, biodiversity, food security, human rights, health, sanitation.
NGOs and big energy and mining companies, have signed up to a set of Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.
"There are a lot characteristics of this study that ultimately boil down to human behavior more than security issues, " he said.
Fourth, our joint vision reaffirms our role as global partners bound by shared values and committed to international peace, security and human rights.
If no mitigating actions are taken, significant disruptions in the Earth's physical and ecological systems, social systems, security and human health are likely to occur.
Ray Haynes, would create a task force to review potential foreign investment by California's state employee and teacher pension funds and alert the funds of national security and human rights concerns.
In Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Mr. McDonough will conduct meetings with President Porfirio Lobo, members of his cabinet, and civil society representatives to discuss citizen security, human rights and economic development efforts between the United States and Honduras.
The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights was established in 2000 as a code of conduct for oil, gas, and mining companies, to maintain the safety of their staff and assets while avoiding human rights violations.
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For me, we find those common values and shared principles in the United Nations Charter, as well as the body of international agreements that are the foundation of our common quest for development, peace and security and human rights.
This event capped the four-day annual gathering of the National Foundation for Women Legislators, in the course of which the Casey Chair also briefed dozens of female legislators during individual Committee meetings regarding this new, urgent national security and human rights challenge.
There are around 80, 000 workers in Foxconn by May this year, about one fifth of the total number of new jobs created by major investment projects in Chengdu last year, according to statistics from Chengdu Human Resources and Social Security Bureau.
The Human Resources and Social Security Department of Guangdong estimated that 10 million workers, or 61% of the province's migrant-labor pool, would head home to see their families for the New Year Holiday, with a return rate of around 90%, leaving a labor shortfall of up to 1.2 million workers after the holiday.
And individual investors, investment banks, fund-managers and particularly public pension funds should expand their "due diligence" assessments to include national security, human rights and other appropriate non-financial considerations so that the American people -- six out of ten of whom are now reportedly in the capital markets -- have the data required to make informed investment decisions.
Key themes of SD in the region include among other things poverty alleviation, citizenship, peace, ethics, responsibility in local and global contexts, democracy and governance, justice, security, human rights, health, gender equity, cultural diversity, rural and urban development, economy, production and consumption patterns, corporate social responsibility, environmental protection, climate change, prevention and adaptation, natural resource management, biological and landscape diversity.
The two presidents discussed cooperation between the U.S. and Colombia on counternarcotics, security, and human rights.
Samantha Power is the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights at the National Security Council.
Rahim Kanani is founder and editor-in-chief of World Affairs Commentary, where he authors articles on international affairs and social change, and interviews global leaders on topics such as human rights, development, security, philanthropy, innovation, education, and more.
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One 2009 study examined how workers reacted to several common methods of firing, such as having a third party such as a human resources manager or a security guard present during the firing, or mentioning the employee's positive attributes as he or she was being dismissed.
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee hearing suggests that the State of California and its public employee retirement funds may play a critical role in fashioning a template for a truly national effort to introduce new national security- and human rights-minded "due diligence" into debt and equity purchasing decisions.
If we want to prevent more situations like Syria, we must work closely with Congress to protect or increase funding for the State Department's Conflict Stabilization Operations and the Complex Crises Fund, international organizations, transition initiatives, and programs focused on access to justice, governance and security reform, human rights and social inclusion.
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