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global community

noun

  1. the people or nations of the world, considered as being closely connected by modern telecommunications and as being economically, socially, and politically interdependent

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If only the global community would rectify this error, the council could authorize a peacekeeping operation to drive Russia out of Ukraine.

"What began with a single social media post to help an elderly woman access life-saving medicine has grown into a global community with collection points in more than 65 countries, delivering free medication and consultations to over 25,000 people," the prize committee said.

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UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy told me on Wednesday: "We have seen the most horrific scenes. The global community is deeply offended by children being shot and killed as they reach out for aid."

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Lammy added that the global community was "deeply offended by children being shot and killed as they reach out for aid" and called for the flow of medical equipment and supplies to be restored.

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But addressing Delhi's other concerns – that the IMF was "rewarding continued sponsorship of cross-border terrorism" thereby sending a "dangerous message to the global community" – is far more complex, and perhaps explains why India wasn't able to exert pressure to stall the bailout.

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