2. risk measures of potential impact

It does however create a potential and unpredictable risk for consensual business transactions.

Working in conjunction with risk management software, the sensor system was reducing the risk of potential environmental contamination from hydrocarbon spillage.

(d) The potential risk to human health or the environment by such abandoned ships, if any

Existential risk is a threat to human survival, or to the long term potential of our species.

The risk was that potential savings might not be identified, while the sale price determined could be inadequate.

Internal displacement on a large scale is a potential risk, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

However, anything you can do to decrease the risk of potential carcinogens can definitely increase the quality of lifestyle.

The Program had been expanded to include sites in Mexico to identify areas of high potential malarial transmission risk.

But like DIYbio, the positive outcomes and the potential for good for a study like that far outweighs the risk.

Given the large number of institutions at risk, preventative measures, which are focused on potential perpetrators, are of special importance.

Systemic risk is intrinsic to globalization. Greater openness and integration necessarily increase the potential for cascading crises and amplification of shocks.

The Panel considers that these features of the claims population give rise to a potential risk of overstatement of the claims.

They are a potential risk to the existing objects in the geostationary ring, in particular because of their higher relative velocity.

Both may be put at risk by adverse living conditions, neglect, insensitive or abusive treatment and restricted opportunities for realizing human potential.

The first, largely a technical ability, is the identification of a potential risk (i.e. the likelihood of occurrence of a hazardous phenomenon).

That belief puts the child beggar at serious risk of being deliberately maimed in order to increase his or her earning potential.

On the question of exceptional risk, the declaration by the General Assembly or Security Council, which should constitute the basis for the trigger mechanism, should include measures to address exceptional risk, both actual and potential.

This new round of central bank activism reflects persistent concerns about economic growth. Despite a once unthinkable amount of monetary stimulus, global output remains well below potential, with the potential itself at risk of being suppressed.

The continued presence of organized and armed militias poses a major security risk that has the potential to disrupt the entire peace process.

The continued presence of organized and armed militias poses a major security risk that has the potential to disrupt the entire peace process.

Having put in place all feasible risk mitigation options, risk management moves towards finding ways to reduce the severity of potential loss and damage and often implies establishing safety and emergency response teams, technologies and procedures.

However, small ads magazines and newspapers do carry advertisements for escort agencies, a sector where there is a potential risk of trafficking in women.

Recognize that at risk youth (potential terrorist recruits) above all need to have access to legitimate alternatives in the educational, employment and political arena.

The collective memory of these experiences and their potential for recurring made traders hasten to overadjust their portfolios and reduce their exposure to risk.

(b) Supporting and financing technical practical projects that use satellite remote sensing technologies in assessing the actual and potential risk of erosion and desertification.

The Government of Lithuania understands the potential risk of international terrorism and believes that collective efforts to prevent terrorism minimize the possibility of terrorist attacks.

The risk of chemical weapons proliferation looms ever larger, particularly in view of the potential for terrorists to acquire chemical weapons and the materials for their production.

This confluence of economic incentives to take on risk makes bank managers poor guardians of financial safety. They surely do not want their bank to fail but, if the potential upside is large enough, it is a risk they may find worth taking.

53. In the area of risk assessment, although most technical work is continuing elsewhere to produce quality data on which to base chemical risk assessments, United Nations system organizations should continue to encourage efforts towards better understanding of the potential risks from exposure to chemicals.

But in the light of the potential risk posed by terrorists exploiting loopholes, we urge those Governments to seek assistance in meeting their obligations rather than simply giving up.

In collaboration with the UNHCR e Centre in Japan, for example, the Office had introduced risk management tools which assisted colleagues to weigh operational needs against potential security risks.

And that potential, that powerful potential, is also our potential, of you and me.

Each potential innovator faces a large upside, but also a high degree of risk. If the innovation is successful, its pioneer reaps a large gain, as does society at large.

LONDON Yemen has suddenly joined Afghanistan and Pakistan as a risk to global security. Indeed, it is increasingly seen as a nascent failed state and potential replacement host for Al Qaeda.

However, the potential drawback with Identifier evidence is that access to some of it may be regarded by its owner as too intrusive, in terms of national security or proliferation risk.

Since then, in line with the infamous clash of civilizations approach, the prevailing ideology had been to consider any person of foreign descent a potential terrorist or an at risk individual.

As noted in that report, as the Democratic Republic of the Congo enters the electoral phase, the provinces of Katanga and the Kasaïs are considered areas of extremely high potential risk.

They include school based educational programmes and programmes in high risk areas that target existing or potential gang members, offering alternative social networks, life skills, education and training and community support.

All departments and branch offices shall voluntarily carry out self inspections on compliance as a routine task, report compliance risk information or potential risks to the compliance department or the compliance posts, and support and cooperate with the compliance department or the compliance posts in risk monitoring and evaluation.

Now, the CDS market offers a convenient way of shorting bonds, but the risk reward asymmetry works in the opposite way. Shorting bonds by purchasing a CDS contract carries limited risk but almost unlimited profit potential, whereas selling a CDS contract offers limited profits but practically unlimited risks.

Fortunately, the possibility of such a perfect storm is more a risk than a baseline at this point. Nonetheless, given the extent of its destructive potential, it warrants serious attention by policymakers.

Purpose of support and protection to ensure protection of the physical, moral and psychological integrity of witnesses, as there is a real, well founded risk of danger, potential intimidation and imminent reprisals.

In view of the risk of non State actors acquiring weapons delivery systems, NATO had undertaken technical work to respond to the proliferation of such systems and their potential use by terrorists.

5. The audit sought to determine whether the Organization had established and administered its insurance arrangements in a coherent and efficient manner and effectively managed its exposure to risk and potential liabilities.