VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPORT HUMAN SECURITY
VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPORT HUMAN SECURITY

Author(s): Filofteia Repez
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Politics and Identity, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: human security; contributions; international organizations; education; culture; science; technology, example;
Summary/Abstract: Human security is a widely debated issue at international, regional and national levels. Launched by the United Nations Development Programme in 1994, the concept of human security has grown further remarkable that the human being is placed as main reference on the security agenda. Through this document, the seven levels (or components) of human security have been established: economic security (ensuring a minimum income for every individual); food security (access for every individual to basic nutrition); health security (guaranteeing a minimum protection against disease to prevent diseases); environmental security (protection of individuals against natural disasters or against the implications of the natural environment’s deterioration); personal security namely protection of individuals against physical violence from inside or outside the state); community security (protection of individuals to maintain and perpetuate their relations and traditional values and protection against ethnic or segregation violence); and political security (ensuring a standard of living in accordance with fundamental human rights and securing individual and group freedoms against any vicious attempts to exercise control over them). Education, culture, science and technology bring important contributions to support human security along with the numerous regional and international organizations. Starting from this, as well as from studying a relevant bibliography, the present paper aims to provide an opening in approaching an interesting subject - various contributions to support human security.

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