...the special Security Council summit of world leaders held in January 1992. That summit declared that "non-military sources of instability in the economic,...humanitarian and ecological fields have become threats to the peace and security."16 As in other areas, the collective security machinery of the United Nations...

...first time at the level of heads of government or state, and adopted a declaration which affirmed that e, security'.141 In recognising the link between environment and security, the Security Council has opened...

...military conflict insufficient as a definition of international peace and security. Its president cited "non-military sources of instability in the economic, social, humanitarian and ecological fields" as "threats to peace and security." 17 By adopting the language of Chapter VII to characterize these...

...others had emerged: "The absence of war and military conflicts amongst States does not in itself ensure international peace and security. The non-military...fields have become threats to peace and security. The United Nations membership as a whole, working through the appropriate bodies, needs to give the highest...

...Council he stated that the absence of war and military conflicts amongst states did not in itself ensure international peace and security. The non-military...fields have become threats to peace and security. The United Nations membership as a whole, working through the appropriate bodies, needed to give the highest...

...According to him, The absence of War and military conflicts amongst states does not in itself ensure peace and security. The non-military sources of instability...fields have become threats to peace and security. The United Nations membership as a whole, working through the appropriate bodies, needs to give the highest...

...the new approach: The absence of war and military conflict amongst States does not in itself ensure international peace and security. The non-military...ecological fields have become threats to peace and security.36 Accordingly, the UN Security Council passed Chapter VII resolutions on a range of problems,...

...S/23500 (1992), p. 3 ('The absence of war and military conflicts amongst States does not in itself ensure international peace and security. The non-military...fields have become threats to peace and security'). See also SC Res. 1296, UN Doc. S/RES/1296 (2000), para. 5 ('[T]he deliberate targeting of civilian...

...generous view of what constitutes a threat to the peace by expanding its definition of such threats: "The non-military sources of instability in the economic,...fields have become threats to peace and security." 68 These sources have been interpreted to include starvation (Somalia), 69 genocide and serious humanitarian...

...18 The 1992 Communique of the Security Council Summit of Heads of State and Government declared that "nonmilitary sources of instability in the economic,...humanitarian and ecological fields have become threats to the peace and security". 19 This suggests that the Council anticipated some authority over environmentrelated...