0 countries of the world considered or acting together as a group:
Any taking of hostages is unacceptable and must be firmly opposed by the international community.
1 a phrase used especially by politicians and in newspapers to describe all or several of the countries in the world, or their governments, considered as a group:
Many in the international community warned that failure to act promptly could put millions at risk of starvation.
Efforts by the international community to bring peace to the region have intensified over the past six months.
"The international community", the Secretary-General of the UN said, "must work together to tackle the current financial crisis".
Furthermore, their authoritarian tendencies threaten to clash with the international community which is more committed to the defence of democracy than in the past.
Unfortunately, the international community tends to respond to refugee crises as they happen rather than trying to prevent them.
They are the norms of the international community, which does not necessarily include every nation.
Both countries mobilized their armies, but pressure from the international community averted further escalation.
Words stressing this yang principle are best avoided in an international community.
Humanism was identified with internationalism, and the university's multinational population was presented as a true international community.
Indeed, exiles are fundamentally dependent on the international community.
In none of these cases has the international community done anything substantive to stop these practices.
