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North Korea's nuclear programme has been a source of great concern for the international community for more than 20 years. (BBC News)

In 1986, when it was almost too late, the international community introduced a moratorium on commercial whaling. (The Ecologist)

On NBC's "Meet the Press," Rice reasserted that the world has fallen in line on Iran and said she expects next month to get a strong statement from the IAEA "that Iran will either be isolated, or it will submit to the will of the international community." (The Washington Post)

The international community is a phrase used in geopolitics and international relations to refer to a broad group of people and governments of the world. It does not refer literally to all nations or states in the world. The term is typically used to imply the existence of a common point of view towards such matters as specific issues of human rights. (Wikipedia)