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As a result of the standoff, a line in the sand has been drawn between the opposing sides.

We continue to urge other Conference members to display equal flexibility in our collective efforts to break the deadlock that has persisted for far too long.

The ongoing stalemate in the peace process is not sustainable in the long term.

They've fallen out over issues including human rights, press freedom and Turkey's accession to the EU.

Deadlock in Durban

That is where we are stuck at the moment, and that is what we must unstick.

The Spring of the Zombies

However, at the time of the preparation of the present report, the situation was a standoff, accompanied by a lot of harsh rhetoric, with a commensurate rise in tensions.

Making Sense of the Climate Impasse

The New Transatlantic Stalemate

Should the stalemate be prolonged, we do not exclude the option of reviewing the functioning of the existing machinery.

The political stagnation there is fraught with the danger that hostilities might flare up again as the result of yet another armed incident.

Europe s Austerity Zombies

America s Economic Stalemate

Breaking the Climate Deadlock

But the deadlock has been broken.

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

Abdullah s octogenarian line of successors recalls the final years of the Soviet Union, when one infirm leader after another succeeded to power for a brief period of inert rule. Many Saudi subjects feel the same pattern of continuous uncertainty and torpor.

There is increasing concern that the continuing deadlock is undermining prospects for the timely holding of presidential and parliamentary elections in Côte d'Ivoire.

The swimmers were numb with cold.

So, it was going nowhere.

Syria s Sectarian Stalemate

This stalemate should be overcome.

I assure you of the full support and cooperation of my delegation in our current efforts to bring this stalemate to an end.

Instability from Rigidity

What is the reason for this stalemate?

The continuing impasse between the major actors in Côte d'Ivoire jeopardizes even the October elections and, in consequence, the stability of the entire region.

We all know that progress cannot be achieved on disarmament with such rigidly entrenched national viewpoints.

The muscles were frozen, paralyzed dystonic is how we refer to that.

This policy is causing gridlock.

It is now essentially concentrating on dealing with the symptoms of the crisis, which, with the continuing impasse in the peace process, are getting worse day by day.

Although it seems we are still at that impasse, I discern some potential avenues to take us out of it.

There are no signs of this impasse going away because there is no political will amongst key actors to remove it.

But denuclearization negotiations have stalled.

Breaking Europe s Climate Change Stalemate

Aware of the urgent need for revitalized and active international involvement to support both parties in overcoming the current dangerous impasse in the peace process,

He depicted the dire humanitarian crisis prevailing in Darfur and the reasons for the persisting stalemate observed on the ground.

You know what? They freeze.

These are the arguments we have which cause gridlock.

We must try to break the deadlock.

We need to break the stalemate of the CD.

Aware of the urgent need for revitalized and active international involvement to support both parties in overcoming the current dangerous impasse in the peace process,

My delegation lends its full support to the unrelenting efforts of President Mbeki in instituting the African Union's (AU) plan of action to resolve the impasse among the Ivorian parties.

Nigeria has continued to reiterate its full support for the Five Ambassadors Proposal as a mechanism for breaking the existing impasse in reaching a work programme for the Conference on Disarmament.