Example sentences of "a threat to peace " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be possible to take breaches of agreements before the International Court of Justice or , when they amount to a threat to peace , before the Security Council . |
| 2 | When there is a dispute between nations that could bring a threat to peace , the Security Council listens first to all sides of the argument . |
| 3 | Those circumstances posed a threat to peace in Europe and Neville Chamberlain , being anxious to avoid war at all costs , arranged to meet Hitler on 15th . |
| 4 | The Dutch colonial exorbitante rechten gave the Governor-General power to send anyone considered a threat to peace and order into exile . |
| 5 | Should a situation arise which , in the view of one side , represents a threat to peace or a violation of peace , or may give rise to dangerous international complications , then both sides shall contact each other immediately and strive to … achieve understanding on the measures appropriate to improve or overcome the situation . |
| 6 | A European Commission statement issued on Oct. 8 on behalf of the European Communities ( EC ) warned that this extension of the existing 30-year US embargo " had the potential to cause grave damage to the transatlantic relationship " , adding that it could not accept that " the USA unilaterally determines and restricts EC economic and commercial relations with any foreign nation which has not been designated by the UN as a threat to peace or order " . |