In draft article 2, paragraph (b), the definition of armed conflict referred simply to a conflict rather than an international conflict .

The red is modern conflict, conflicts within states.

The conflict was said to be not religious but political, and one in which religion was being manipulated to achieve ends that had absolutely nothing to do with it.

The Kingdom of Swaziland remains concerned, however, by the conflict in the Middle East, which continues to threaten international peace and security.

Its purpose was merely to emphasize that the earlier position, according to which armed conflict automatically abrogated treaty relations, had been replaced by a more contemporary view according to which the mere outbreak of armed conflict, whether declared war or not, did not ipso facto terminate or suspend treaties in force between parties to the conflict.

We are no longer dealing with conflicts between nation States, but rather with armed domestic conflicts within States.

There is no quick fix to this conflict.

As a result of a skirmish, the adversary had to retreat.

Yet massive population outflows from conflict continued.

I am referring to the conflict in the Western Sahara, where Morocco and the Polisario Front are adversaries.

There was an ethnic side to this conflict as very often in Africa.

A conflict that has lasted over 100 years needs closure.

A conflict has appeared, please solve it manually.

So every insurgent force that is ongoing, every conflict that is ongoing, it's going to look something like this.

Schindler reported as to this conflict that he did not find any indications as to its effects on treaties.

addressing conflict and political instability on the continent, with the aim of achieving a conflict free Africa by 2010 by prioritizing and allocating more resources to conflict prevention and post conflict reconstruction and peacebuilding

There have been a number of cases of States in conflict where we have broken through the stage of armed conflict and gone to political dialogue.

They are, as we all are aware, the primary victims of this conflict.

Since the high in the early 1990s, with about 50 such civil wars ongoing, we now have 30 percent fewer such conflicts today.

Nowadays, we only speak of regional conflict.

However, an internal armed conflict should not have any effect on treaties concluded between the State in which the conflict was taking place and other States.

The United Nations represents a legacy from a period of conflict which culminated in the Second World War, the Cold War, and the nuclear stalemate that followed.

The island had been wrecked by a bloody civil conflict.

224. The Special Rapporteur is convinced that this conflict could and should have been avoided.

Conflicts are down on the continent from about 12 conflicts a decade ago, we are down to three or four conflicts one of the most terrible, of course, of which is Darfur.

Unfortunately, conflicts, including military clashes, are still a reality of humanity apos s everyday existence.

Some believe that we are experiencing a new kind of conflict culture wars, such as those between Sunni and Shiite Muslims or tribal groups in Africa and Asia, or indeed Islamists and Westerners. However, the deeper reasons for some of these conflicts may well be more traditional.

Peace does not automatically prevail when a conflict ends.

Africa, for instance, has witnessed a number of devastating conflicts.

Conflict resolution is now a global setting.

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

The Sudan intended to continue its efforts to reach a final peace settlement and halt the conflict, which had ravaged the country since 1955.

His delegation was yet to be convinced that such a change had taken place in the views of the international community.

In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, the following provisions

In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, the following provisions

Thirdly, I would like to stress our particular concerns about the situation in Africa, where illicit arms transfers and the recirculation of weapons from one conflict to another constitute a mounting problem.

They're saving us by redefining and re imagining a future that defies and blurs accepted polarities, polarities we've taken for granted for a long time, like the ones between modernity and tradition, First World and Third World, oppression and opportunity.

This has triggered or aggravated conflict among different population groups and has in turn been made more acute as a result of conflict.

4. Supports Africa's goal of achieving a conflict free Africa by 2010

To the extent there might exist a conflict, article 3 provided a solution.

Conflict, post conflict reconstruction and the private sector

A sustainable transition from conflict to peace, however, depends on the prompt re establishment of national capacities that have been eroded by conflict.

This partly accounts for the new forms taken on by conflicts and the pronounced tendency towards widespread violence which mainly affects the civilian population.

From 1975 to 1990, Lebanon experienced a bloody and violent humanitarian crisis in the course of which its people were embroiled in the regional and international conflicts being fought out on its soil.

This contrasts markedly with the situation in many other theatres of conflict today.