It quickly escalates.

Express the desire to establish modes of consultation to prevent the escalation of violence in any form

And children tend to get into fights which escalate in terms of force.

Women also suffered disproportionately from the effects of escalating civil and ethnic conflicts.

And when tension increased, they already had that dialogue, and that was a strength to deal with different issues.

My envoys used their good offices in seeking peace agreements or in trying to prevent disputes from violently escalating.

Any one of those problems could escalate into conflict, thereby threatening life and security.

The upsurge in conflict in Kivu, with massive movements of populations, threatened the stability of the entire Great Lakes region.

It must be emphasized that peacekeeping operations were ad hoc measures for preventing conflict situations from escalating while ways to resolve the conflict peacefully were being pursued.

If the conflict is allowed to escalate it will inevitably begin to take on a life of its own, but neighbouring States and other external actors are likely still to wield considerable influence with the protagonists.

Ms. Gunasekera (Sri Lanka) said that the degradation of ecosystems had a direct impact on poverty creation and the escalation of conflicts.

The rise in the number of casualties among humanitarian staff operating in conflict and post conflict situations was alarming.

In other cases, such organizations are able to produce the most accurate assessment of the danger of escalation in a specific dispute, which is always a crucial element in halting a conflict before it actually breaks out.

So if they retaliate with the same force, the first person will think it's been escalated.

There, she emphasized the need to avoid increasing instability within the conflict zone and to create conditions for the resumption of negotiations.

In mid 1996, the conflict further escalated, leading to the evacuation of UNHCR staff from Kilinochchi to Mallavi in the Vanni region.

The Secretary General is deeply troubled by reports of an escalation of fighting in Nepal and of continued grave human rights violations.

An unambiguous mutual commitment to these parameters can reverse the escalation of the conflict and break the vicious circle that has imprisoned both of our peoples over the years.

Subprogramme 1.1 Prevention, control and resolution of conflicts

26. Many different actors were involved in these processes of tension and unrest which unfortunately all too often escalated into open armed conflicts.

In 2001, the uprising escalated into an armed conflict, and one of the major incidents was the destruction of the Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank town of Jenin.

At the same time, they were not a means of preventing disputes but of halting the escalation of conflicts while ways of achieving a peaceful settlement were being explored.

The Sudan calls upon the international community to shoulder its responsibilities in the face of the deterioration of the situation and the escalation of confrontation to save the region from the spectre of war that appears over the horizon as a result of the unacceptable Israeli practices.

When tensions rise or conflict threatens, many African countries do not have the basic resources to meet critical needs.

The representative proposed that the following should be included in article 11 States shall adopt effective measures to guarantee the exercise of the collective rights of indigenous peoples to their territories and to autonomy during internal armed conflicts and to guarantee the neutrality of indigenous peoples in such conflicts when they rise and not to compromise their territories as the sites for the escalation of such conflicts.

Perversely, we have faced the brunt of the international reaction for such escalation.

The escalation of the conflict led to additional displacement, resulting in nearly 2 million IDPs and more than 200,000 refugees in neighbouring Chad as of April 2005.

I am concerned about the potential for escalation of inter and intra communal tensions into ethnic or sectarian strife and the regional ramifications thereof.

Prevention of a re escalation of the civil conflict also lay at the centre of the recommendations made by the Representative of the Secretary General on internally displaced persons following his visit to Tajikistan.

In addition, a mission planned for Eritrea in June 1998 was postponed owing to the escalation of the border conflict with Ethiopia.

Rwanda's proportion has climbed from 17 per cent before the conflict to 49 per cent today.

Women's role in conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post conflict reconstruction

The main reason for this stagnation is undoubtedly the increase in the number and frequency of conflicts.

Children were particularly vulnerable in situations of war and armed conflict, as physical, mental and sexual violence escalated and social structures and safety nets broke down.

Mechanisms for the settlement of cross border conflicts, especially those linked to competition for access to natural resources, should be developed at the regional and subregional levels to limit the impact of such conflicts on flows of environmental migrants.

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Conflict, post conflict reconstruction and the private sector

Political transitions were marred by violence in some African countries, prompting good offices efforts by the United Nations and others to prevent disputes from escalating into armed conflicts.

Post conflict reconstruction is understood as a complex system that provides for simultaneous short , medium and long term programmes to prevent disputes from escalating and to avoid a relapse into violent confrontation.

The young people participating in this anti movement want to draw attention to the escalation of violence in their age group and propose non violent means for resolving conflicts.

(c) Allow the establishment of genuine democratic institutions in Kosovo, including the parliament and the judiciary, and respect the will of its inhabitants as the best means of preventing the escalation of the conflict there

(d) To allow the establishment of genuine democratic institutions in Kosovo, including the parliament and the judiciary, and to respect the will of its inhabitants as the best means of preventing the escalation of the conflict there

GE.97 62655 (E) page I. INTRODUCTION 1. The escalation in the past decade of ruthless internal conflicts and the phenomena of imploding State structures have changed dramatically the context in which humanitarian actions are undertaken.

It was observed in this connection that if the mechanism was intended to intervene in conflicts at an early stage before they escalated, the mechanism should be permanent in nature.

In this connection, the Russian Federation and China deem it necessary to express their attitude of principle towards some of the most acute conflict situations whose escalation is capable of leading to the emergence of real threats to the international community.