Such threats to health and the environment are not uncommon in China.

The Public Health Act, adopted in 2001 to deal with public health emergencies and threats, specifies the powers of public health officials to investigate and intervene.

(d) Building on linkages between occupational and public health. Concern about increasing environmental contamination is leading to the realization that industrial threats to worker health are directly linked to public health issues and costs.

It will enhance the ability of governments to coordinate and collaborate in public health, including preparing for and responding to future public health challenges, opportunities and threats.

(o) Analyse the causes of, and address solutions to, threats to forest health and vitality from natural disasters and human activities, including threats from fire, pollution, pests, disease and invasive alien species

These eight goals range from eradicating extreme poverty, providing universal primary education, and reducing health threats, to ensuring environmental sustainability.

We also note that threats to health can have a direct influence on the economic welfare of States and on their capacity to function well.

Environmental and health threats, terrorism, natural disasters and humanitarian crises are but a few examples that amply illustrate this fact.

According to the United Nations, in both developing and industrial countries, threats to health security are usually greater for poor people in rural areas, particularly children.

Several threats to overall ecosystem health, and consequently to the ability of ecosystems to provide the materials upon which human life depends, are particularly relevant to water resources.

It has long been recognized that pollution from land based sources is one of the most serious and extensive threats to the health of the marine ecosystem, but actions to diminish these threats at the national, regional and global levels have been lacking.

The Indian Ocean tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the earthquakes in South East Asia and other national disasters have posed even greater threats to public health systems.

Threats to our natural environment are therefore threats to our very existence.

Rare earth ores in southern China all except for those in Inner Mongolia contain radioactive substances that pose significant threats to human health and the environment.

It has long been recognized that one of the most serious and extensive threats to the health of the marine ecosystem is pollution from land based sources.

Ministerial declaration of a health emergency and the obligations stemming from such a declaration were also specified, as were provisions for the addition of new diseases for compulsory declaration and a provision to facilitate the announcement of health threats.

A growing number of households are living in acute poverty and are facing serious threats to their livelihood, including limited health care and inadequate opportunities for quality education.

Women also suffer serious threats to their health as a result of scarcity of food supplies and economic resources, lack of access to land, and disruption of traditional support systems.

The health sector faces fewer obstacles, because it is characterized by immediate threats to human life, easily measurable outcomes, a high degree of sustainability, and a vibrant private sector.

In fact, tourism is a highly demand driven industry, and it is characterized by high vulnerability to external factors such as natural risks, threats to health and security and simply fashion.

What I'm saying is that, surely, rationally, our distress about things that happen, about threats, should be roughly proportional to the size of those threats and threats to come.

Addressing threats to peace and security

Threats to international peace and security

Responding to global threats and challenges

The Global Partnership for Oceans is a promising new alliance of more than 100 government and international institutions, civil society organizations, and private companies seeking to address threats to ocean health, resilience, and productivity.

Such threats to health and the environment are not uncommon in China. The water in as many as half of the country s rivers and lakes is unfit for human consumption or contact.

Other major threats to forest health and productivity include those posed by fire, storms and other cataclysms, drought, air pollution, the long term effects of climate change, pests, diseases and invasive species.

Environmental threats The Galápagos Marine Reserve faces a number of environmental threats.

Response to malicious acts or threats thereof

Threats to maritime security cannot be ignored.

The most significant threats to the security of United Nations staff and operations continue to be physical attacks, threats, robbery and theft.

According to WHO projections, unless effective measures are taken, by 2020 road traffic injuries could rank third among the threats to human health, with serious economic and social consequences for all nations, particularly the developing countries.

58 16. Responding to global threats and challenges

57 145. Responding to global threats and challenges

Threats to UNMO security have become more serious.

In the case of the Middle East, that traditional mobilizer is Islam, and so threats to national prestige are presented as threats to Islam.

Traditional security s focus on external military threats to the state has meant that the majority of threats women face have been overlooked.

Threats to democracy have by no means ceased to exist.

This intergovernmental initiative to coordinate mechanisms of prevention and response to public health threats is also a suitable mechanism which can be applied to the purposes provided for in binding international instruments on the prohibition of weapons of mass destruction.

Right to health and health services

As the threats increased he decided to leave Ecuador.

Furthermore, they are frequently subjected to threats and reprisals.

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.

Noting new initiatives at the global level responding to public health threats, such as the Global Outbreak Alert and the Response Network, which brings together more than one hundred and twenty partners to provide timely and high quality technical support,

Any threats to Saudi Arabia is also a threat to Pakistan.