"Appropriate steps" would be adopted if the deliberate targeting of civilians and protected persons came to the attention of the Council.

The deliberate targeting of civilians, including children, constituted a violation of international humanitarian and human rights law.

"Recent violence has hampered assistance efforts, and we have seen a shocking new tactic: the deliberate targeting of humanitarians," he said.

It was a deliberate targeting of the Chinese Embassy.

And some evidence of a deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure?

He further added that there is no other possible interpretation for what could have occurred other than a deliberate targeting of civilians.

That the deliberate targeting of wild dogs is completely unfounded.

We must stop the deliberate targeting of alcohol products at young people.

Terrorism is defined as the deliberate targeting of civilians in order to create a climate of terror.

After the 2003 US war in Iraq, there has been a deliberate targeting of educational establishments by militants.