And as usual, the majority of the time they are civilians.

All the civilian victims live below the poverty line.

Such processes provide an opportunity for community involvement and participation by civilian victims.

Many of the victims were civilians, a number of whom were children.

In such intra State conflicts, the proportion of civilian victims has increased drastically.

As observed in previous reports, the overwhelming majority of the victims are civilians.

Civilian casualties now constitute a staggering 90 per cent.

FBiH Law on Bases of Social Protection of Families with Children and Protection of Civil Victims of War

Forty per cent of the victims were civilians, and of these 50 per cent were children.

As always, the main victims are civilians caught in the crossfire.

The vast majority of mine survivors were civilians, many of them children, and the families and communities of the victims were also affected.

The use of these weapons in armed conflicts over the last 30 years has left a consistent trail of civilian casualties.

According to a study, civilian casualties made up just 5 per cent of all casualties during the First World War, while in the Second World War that number increased to 50 per cent.

Indeed, no one even knows how many civilian casualties there have been in ten years of war.

Of paramount concern is the high toll of innocent civilian casualties caused by the ongoing violence, including terrorist and insurgent activity.

There are large numbers of soldiers and police among the casualties, as well as civilians and, partly as a byproduct of the fall of Libya s Muammar el Qaddafi, Egypt is awash with weapons.

They claim thousands of lives and cause injuries around the globe every year, the majority of the victims being civilians, especially women and children.

(ii) The fighting in Kisangani between Ugandan and Rwandan forces, most recently in May and June 2000, which resulted in many civilian victims

Medicine students are being called to the local hospitals to deal with the number of victims which is dramatically going up. In opposition of Israeli key target of thing hamas militants, most of victims are civilians and this is so obvious in Gaza hospitals.

As for terrorism, this year that ugly scourge struck again on many occasions and has caused thousands of casualties among innocent civilians.

The hundreds of civilian victims of NATO s massive bombardment of Serbia in 1999 will likewise remain forever anonymous.

Although the target of the Israeli airstrikes was Hamas, as the day went on it became clear that there were also a number of civilian casualties among the 225 or so total.

Indeed, in recent years we have observed living conditions deteriorate for many children, especially in conflict zones, where children account for a great proportion of civilian victims of armed conflict.

But the Americans used a modest amount of force to remove the Taliban government, avoided disproportionate civilian casualties, and were able to create an indigenous political framework.

It encourages organized crime it promotes a culture of violence it prolongs and worsens conflicts that take an unacceptable number of civilian victims, primarily women and children.

In addition to the loss of mostly civilian life, and in contrast to the low Allied casualties, the raids caused extensive damage to Japan's cities and contributed to a large decline in industrial production.

The same applies to all Palestinian men and women. Almost 2,000 victims 80 of those being civilians according to the UN s estimations, and then 30 of those being children according to information offered by UNICEF cannot be swept under the mat by using the argument of the war on terror or the right to self defence.

(i) Investigating all cases reported by victims, preventing further victimization and, in general, treating victims with respect

Victim assistance

I have referred to recent efforts following the increase of rocket firing from Gaza by militants against Israeli targets, which saw a number of casualties among Palestinian security forces, militants, and the civilian population in Gaza.

Assistance to and protection of victims

VI. Treatment of victims

Victims' voices neglected

Assisting the victims

Treatment of victims

Victim assistance

Assisting the Victims

Protection of victims

A show of devastating force, with limited Israeli casualties at the price of an unlimited number of Palestinian civilian casualties, is no longer internationally sustainable.

Victim Identification The Royal Thai Police, in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security has developed criteria for victim identification which results in a victim identification form, to be used as a standard for victim identification among concerned agencies.

In a press conference after an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, it was made clear that outrageous use of force against civilians was used by the regime, meaning that most of the victims were actually executed.

These last few days the sound of war is becoming louder.

Victims are located

One weakness is that even if the targets are terrorists, the victims are often innocent civilians, and their suffering reinforces the terrorist cause.

Lilian offers condolences to the passenger's families and the people of Phuket. My heart goes out to the passengers, the families.