Assignment is complete, i need to give response\/start discussion to two other peers. please check the attachment<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n Recent emerging and re-occurring disasters around the world, both natural and man-made, have demonstrated the power such forces can bring to bear regarding the destruction of humanity. Failure to allow assistance in times of emergency can lead to potential security issues. The human security components most at risk are freedom from fear and freedom from want. While international legal instruments, including human rights treaties, contain numerous provisions aimed at protecting and promoting the right to health, questions still exist as to whether the affected State is obligated to accept external \u201chumanitarian\u201d assistance without delay if a significant percentage of its population is vulnerable to starvation, unnecessary suffering and even imminent death? It is in this sense that the international community has to consider the tension between State\/territorial sovereignty and humanitarian intervention.<\/p>\n The article by J. Benton Heath suggests a framework within which the affected government which declines humanitarian assistance must publicly justify its conduct in the hopes of reducing human suffering and the potential for security risks such suffering can bring.<\/p>\nRead<\/h2>\n