South Korea reiterated its message at a meeting of the UN's refugee agency this week, urging all countries to refrain from exposing those in desperate situations to the risk of dire consequences, says our correspondent.
Yet, far from being taught that failure is a part of science, we sense that our advisers themselves stressed out and desperate to achieve are losing faith in us, with dire consequences for our self-images and our futures.
Bob Herbert's question regarding the dire consequences of climate change -- "Is anyone paying attention?" -- has justifiably desperate overtones (column, Oct. 30).
We must not forget that ill-judged cuts have long term and dire consequences for families on low incomes, who are already turning up on council doorsteps in their thousands desperate for help.
Leaving aside the desperate humanitarian consequences, the longer the rearrangement of Syria and Iraq drags on, the more likely it is that Isis will become the threat that Mr Cameron described on Friday.
The arrival of the Ezadeen, and the earlier rescue of another freighter, the Blue Sky M, carrying almost 800 Syrians, has dumped on Europe's doorstep, more resoundingly and awkwardly than ever before, the desperate human consequences of the Arab spring.
Her immaculate, almost surgical efficiency at describing the desperate human consequences of being in love is a startling contrast to our tendency to think about passion as something warm, comforting, generous.
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