At the same time there is a consensus in the doctrine on the basic character of the distinction between international armed conflict and non international armed conflict.

Others expressed reservations as to making such a distinction between the two types of conflict.

The Ombudsman will advise and make suggestions or recommendations, as appropriate, on actions needed to settle conflicts.

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124. The Committee agrees with the observations made by the Government that the situation of armed conflict has resulted in serious human rights violations.

Post conflict peacebuilding (see S 2005 15 Add.20)

To that extent, the Darfur conflict is not new. The economic struggle is age old, and the cultural clashes in Darfur are likewise.

Inputs from the workshop were incorporated in the strategic policy framework for post conflict reconstruction on the continent.

We hope that the parties in conflict will cooperate with the United Nations so as to reach a formula for understanding and agreement.

The Security Council must reactivate the role of such organizations and must be seriously attentive to their opinions and initiatives in the area of conflict management and conflict resolution.

The representative of the United States of America echoed this opinion, adding that the working group should not simply consider the settlement of conflicts between States but also between States and treaty bodies.

16. States may also be reluctant to acknowledge that they are in a pre conflict situation when the potential conflict is internal, as are most of the conflicts in which the United Nations is currently involved.

Attention was called to gender based violence as a tool of war and oppression before, during and after conflict.

Time and again, we are reminded of the risk of post conflict situations relapsing into conflict situations.

Efforts to prevent conflicts were meaningless if the economic roots of those conflicts were not addressed.

111. The view was expressed that the consent of the parties to the dispute was necessary before the Board could deal with a dispute.

In terms of a further view, while the question of the legality of armed conflict was not pertinent in connection with the rules of armed conflict, the same could not be said with regard to the termination or suspension of other categories of treaties.

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

2. Also takes note of the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict See A 56 453.

His delegation agreed with the view that the outbreak of an armed conflict did not ipso facto terminate or suspend the operation of treaties.

In the end, our message is simple we must continue to move forward robustly on the initiative regarding the protection of civilians in armed conflict.

The Government of Cuba, in its reply, made a similar observation as regards the predominance of internal conflicts.

2. Welcomes the progress made in the prevention, management and resolution of conflict and in post conflict peacebuilding in a number of African countries

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

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The European Union supports the Panel s view that accumulations of small arms and light weapons by themselves are not the cause of conflicts.

The Nuclear Weapons opinion is the closest that the Court has come to examining the effects of armed conflict on treaties, including significant discussion of the effect of armed conflict on both human rights and environmental treaties.

Mr. Bühler (Austria) said that his delegation concurred with the Special Rapporteur's view that the draft articles on the effects of armed conflicts on treaties should not deal with the legality of armed conflicts.

Such conflicts are often unacknowledged by the countries in which they are occurring and by the international community.

Moreover, post conflict peace building must not mean a return to the status quo ante, a return to the conditions that gave rise to the conflict in the first place.

38. Systematic rape and sexual slavery during periods of armed conflict

Systematic rape and sexual slavery during periods of armed conflict

1996 291 Systematic rape and sexual slavery 24 July 1996 V.A.4 83

Systematic rape and sexual slavery during armed conflict

See Uppsala Conflict Database, Uppsala University Centre for Peace and Conflict Research, online at http www.pcr.uu.se database index.php.

It was further clarified that peacebuilding should be seen as a process and that the term was intended to encompass operations undertaken in pre conflict, in conflict and post conflict situations.

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The advantage of remaining in an umbrella organization is the ability to harmonize opinions, take joint action and avoid presenting the Government with conflicting views on issues isolated from the rest of the business community.

1. Welcomes the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary General on the impact of armed conflict on children,See A 55 442. and takes note of the report of the Secretary General on children and armed conflict A 55 163 S 2000 712.

As the presidential statement we will adopt today notes, only when the widest possible range of opinion is reflected can civil society genuinely be a force for conflict prevention and conflict resolution.

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