Protracted situations

A prolonged dispute might result in a further influx of refugees.

This is likely to be a long drawn out and expensive process with an uncertain outcome.

Although the number of conflicts has decreased during the last 10 years, today's conflicts tend to be protracted.

Moreover, the protracted negotiations on the draft decision had delayed the adoption of a number of important draft resolutions.

Benin was making an impressive effort, but it was a very difficult process which took time.

Often protracted, such conflicts expose successive generations of children to horrendous violence.

Protracted conflicts in the Black Sea South Caucasus region and their implications for international peace, security and development

The protracted nature of the conflicts has caused the emergence of territories that are beyond the control of the central legitimate authorities.

Protracted conflicts in the Black Sea South Caucasus region and their implications for international peace, security and development

A particular focus of the search for durable solutions during the reporting period was on comprehensive approaches to situations of sometimes prolonged displacement.

A key focus of the search for durable solutions during the reporting period was on comprehensive approaches to situations of sometimes prolonged displacement.

26. With cash down, with cross borrowing becoming increasingly difficult and with significant and ageing debt, the question arises as to how much longer the situation can continue.

16. At the national level, the embargo imposed on his country, which had already lasted a long time, should be condemned by the international community.

Such talks, to put it mildly, could take time. Norway and Russia negotiated over a far smaller territorial delimitation for four decades.

Such drawn out situations are all too frequent, and situations of transition today are the rule, rather than the exception.

As I observed in my last report, however, the protracted stalemate is inherently destabilizing.

20. Admittedly, the process of harmonizing these various laws with constitutional requirements is complex and time consuming.

It was shown that, despite the ongoing conflict during so many years, remarkably much had been achieved in the field of youth care and guidance.

For instance, in Afghanistan, a country afflicted by the protracted internal conflicts, the implementation of DDR is imperative to attain sustainable peace and security.

In view of the protracted recruitment process, the Committee is of the opinion that consideration should be given to the best way of managing the roster, including the time period that candidates remain on it.

Investors were originally worried that the protracted legal battle would only further hit the electric car company, which was still losing money.

(b) The protracted humanitarian crisis in Darfur and recent upsurge in violence perpetrated by all parties to the conflict

Having lived with the long war in Afghanistan, we are fully cognisant of the toll taken by anti personnel landmines.

Moreover, the extensive discussion of basic texts (census, referendum and elections) is out of all proportion with the length of the transition period.

I urge the Council to exert that pressure in the context of OSCE mediation efforts to help resolve those long standing conflicts.

These actions must be taken now if we are to resolve protracted protection crises and to prevent emerging situations from becoming entrenched.

Much of this relates to the cessation of hostilities and successful peace processes following some of the world's most protracted wars.

The Government of Sweden is concerned that efforts to reach a consensus on a definition would be extremely time consuming and risk undermining relevant provisions in the Convention.

Many pointed to the long and tragic civil war as an example of external powers struggling for power through Lebanese actors.

When considering the options of soft or hard law, it must be remembered that the development of hard law was extremely time consuming.

Many societies exposed to protracted conflicts have seen their community values radically undermined if not shattered altogether.

Drug consumption is the stimulus for drug production and trafficking, and the reduction of demand is therefore a radical although long term solution to the problem (Mexico).

In October 1973, Syria and Egypt waged war for recovery of the occupied territories from Israel, which was followed by the eight year war of attrition.

With regard to Western Sahara, we urge the parties concerned to work together with the Secretary General with a view to finding a political solution to the long standing conflict in that country.

The problem was compounded by the often prolonged trade negotiations among States, with the result that any consensus reached was mostly irrelevant.

In situations where, because of the protracted experience of war, national institutions have been weakened, the rejuvenation of those institutions should be a priority for all international partners.

Unfortunately, over the same period a number of protracted conflicts have continued to keep millions of people displaced and in conditions of great insecurity.

Of course, the mandates of peacekeeping operations need to be more ambitious. They should include more peacebuilding activities, particularly during protracted conflicts.

The United Republic of Tanzania and other countries of the Great Lakes region were concerned that the protracted nature of the conflict in Burundi was detrimental to the enjoyment of human rights in that country.

In the Middle East, the persistence of the Israeli Arab conflict continues to poison relations in the subregion, even while the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is a tangible element in recent developments.

20. So does the protracted and inconclusive debate still going on in the sub group on preventive diplomacy of the Open ended Working Group of the General Assembly on a Supplement to An Agenda for Peace.

2. Participants expressed their deep concern at the persistence of crises and conflicts in Central Africa, which had caused such loss of life, destruction and suffering in the subregion.

20. Welcomes the development by the High Commissioner, in cooperation with other United Nations agencies and development actors, of the framework for durable solutions, aimed at promoting lasting solutions, particularly in protracted refugee situations, including the 4Rs approach (repatriation, reintegration, rehabilitation and reconstruction) to sustainable return

Israel is taking bold, courageous actions to reinvigorate the peace process on behalf of all those involved in this drawn out conflict.