Protracted situations

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Mr. Nesi (Italy) said that the draft articles on State responsibility for internationally wrongful acts were the outcome of a lengthy process in which several generations of jurists had participated.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Reform prior to statehood in the case of Palestine was unrealistic given that reform was a lengthy process that, to be effective, required not only political will but also sovereignty.

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.

Our young democracy is struggling with the difficulties of transition and suffers as it has for more than 13 years from a protracted, unsolved conflict inspired and supported from abroad.

Request for the inclusion of an additional item entitled Protracted conflicts in the Black Sea South Caucasus region and their implications for international peace, security and development

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.

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.

However, in order to prevent some proposals from languishing on the Committee s agenda for several years, it was suggested that a decision making mechanism, possibly a time frame, could be established so as to avoid protracted discussion of a proposal lacking sufficient support.

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.