Translation of "Menschenleben fordern" in English

Floods, earthquakes and other natural disasters can take a terrible toll on human life.

Earthquakes are catastrophic events that claim very many lives and cause huge damage to property.

What we can do to stop it, without killing more people.

It is nevertheless unfortunate, and it is perhaps even suspicious, that this hypocritical war which will set ablaze a region and cause loss of human life, takes place at such an opportune moment for US domestic policy.

Let it also be an incentive to extend the cease-fire and to halt the military activities on both sides which are costing so much politically, financially and in human lives.

However, a significant number of these disasters, which often cause loss of life, injuries and huge material damage, are the result of human irresponsibility or indifference.

Yes, we need to act quickly and to do everything to make this programme a success, so that it can serve as an example and open up the way to other programmes of the same type for other diseases also associated with poverty. Those diseases may be less well known and perhaps of less interest to the media, but they are just as terrible and just as destructive of lives and consequently of societies.

A belated reaction, or no reaction, may lead to swollen rivers overflowing and causing an environmental risk and material losses, and even claiming human lives.

However, I would like to ask Mr Gorostiaga whether he still has a sufficient trace of personal dignity, of dignity as a man, for us to ask him to respect human life.

Any technical issue capable of making people's lives better or saving them is, after all, one on which we MEPs should at least lay down some principles.

These questions on cluster bombs look to the future and to what Europe must do to eliminate these weapons which make no distinction between civilians and military personnel and which destroy so many human lives.

The Council deeply regrets the fact that these hunger strikes in various prisons across Turkey continue to lead to the loss of human life.

It is absolutely crucial to recognise the importance of this concentration of effort on these diseases, which, as others have said very graphically this evening, claim so many lives and cause so much suffering.

I believe that, in the relevant decisions, the need to respond to the demand and expectations of the citizens will ultimately prevail, dictated first and foremost by the increase in and frequency and intensity of natural disasters which result in loss of life as well as financial and environmental damage.

Better coordination is also essential to achieving better linkage between relief, rehabilitation and development in order to ensure that the aftermath of a disaster claims as few human lives as possible.

That is the source of many of Africa's problems where the struggles for political power emanate and then spill over onto the informal and the traditional sector, claiming innocent lives.

Yet malnutrition in mothers and their young children will claim 3.5 million lives this year.

To prevent superbugs from claiming an estimated ten million lives a year by 2050, we will need to invent new types of antimicrobial drugs and develop rapid diagnostic tests to avoid unnecessary treatment and cut our massive overuse of antibiotics.

The situation is aggravated by the fact that it can in some cases contribute to the spread of such dangerous diseases as AIDS and hepatitis, and can even lead to loss of life, particularly among young people.

An attack on a chemical or liquid natural gas facility’s control systems might lead to more widespread loss of lives as well as significant physical damage.

We note with great concern the persistence of numerous conflicts in Africa, which continue to cause in a great number of them loss of human life as well as destruction of infrastructure and property.

The former include emergencies and their immediate aftermath as well as more drawn-out crises causing loss of life, physical suffering, trauma and significant material damage.

It is vital to oppose any proposals for the initiation of military operations, which would not only cost vast numbers of innocent lives including those of many Europeans but would be likely to shift Muslim opinion, from the Maghreb to the Far East, towards sympathy with Saddam Hussein with disastrous longterm effects.