We can reduce the prevalence of violent conflict and terrorism.

Meanwhile, over 40 countries have been scarred by violent conflict.

This trend is symptomatic of the damage caused by prolonged, violent conflict.

(h) Provide offenders with rehabilitation programmes and programmes on non violent conflict resolution methods.

It is the only way to prevent them from sliding back into violent conflict.

They have all repudiated war and violent conflict as options for solving the Ivorian crisis.

In the social sphere, the region is still trapped in a vicious circle of poverty, unemployment and violent conflict.

The civil affairs component would support political activities related to ending violent conflict in Darfur, preventing the eruption of conflict in the eastern region and supporting post settlement peacebuilding in southern Sudan and the conflict areas.

The Darfur conflict resembles the conflict between north and south, the conflict in eastern Sudan exposed last week in a violent eruption in Port Sudan  and the conflicts in the north, in Kordofan, and in central Sudan.

The two issues are inextricably linked because no meaningful development can take place in a situation of violent conflict and insecurity.

6. Acknowledges that democracy contributes substantially to preventing violent conflict, to accelerating reconciliation and reconstruction in post conflict peacebuilding and, in peacetime, to resolving disputes that may impede economic and social progress

The Committee is also concerned about the situation of children in the enclave of Cabinda, which is still affected by violent conflict.

MINUGUA was harshly questioned when it opposed reinstating the death penalty in Guatemala in response to a post conflict surge in violent crime.

The preliminary findings indicated that 91.7 per cent of 1,216 women and girls interviewed had been subjected to multiple violent acts during Liberia's conflict.

The key to preventing violent conflict lies in an approach that emphasizes human security, that is the security of the people, as much as State security.

Almost 50 per cent of children have experienced conflict related violence or witnessed violent acts affecting immediate family members, generating high rates of psychological problems among children.

As demonstrated by many recent conflicts, the environment and human health are increasingly victims of violent conflict that does not respect established international conventions and norms of behaviour.

This innovative proposal would fill an institutional gap within the United Nations system, allowing the Organization to provide coordinated assistance to post conflict societies, which must traverse the difficult and often treacherous path from violent conflict to sustainable peace and economic development.

Beyond Iran, the volatile situation throughout the Middle East urgently demands solutions. The latest eruption of violent conflict between Hamas and Israel underscores the importance of reviving the peace process.

They've incurred violent infractions by becoming violent with guards and with other prisoners.

It is now widely acknowledged that, to achieve genuine closure of violent conflict situations, concerted efforts need to be made to put in place structures that would effectively dissipate lingering tensions.

She wasn't violent.

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Launched violent air raids.

Paradoxically, today s global changes and challenges offer the potential for both peaceful coexistence and violent conflict. Whether fortunately or not, it is up to us alone to determine which future it will be.

In conclusion, Greece believes that post conflict peacebuilding is a major priority for the United Nations system due to its contribution to international peace and security and its preventive effects on violent conflicts.

Taking into account that systematic discrimination, disregard or exclusion are often among the root causes of conflict, the present decision intends to strengthen the capacity of the Committee to detect and prevent at the earliest possible stage developments in racial discrimination that may lead to violent conflict and genocide.

Similarly, transparency would be encouraged if only payments that are fully documented were tax deductible. Violent conflict is fed and its effects worsened by massive sales of arms by Western governments to developing countries.

It is our sincere hope that recent events in the region will be remembered as a new start on the road towards peace, rather than as a slide back into conflict and violent confrontation.

Whether it was poverty and exclusion, any form of violent conflict, or massive violations of human rights, the international community at large must be willing to address the underlying causes of forced human displacement.

Accelerating trends of environmental degradation and poverty at the local, national and global levels lead to increased competition for scarce resources such as land and water, and can be potential flashpoints for violent conflict.

All video games are violent.

It is peaceful and violent.

This is a violent process.

We agree with the recommendation of the Secretary General that the Council should move to use arms embargoes sooner rather than later, to try to prevent heightened political tension from turning into outright violent conflict.

As marginalization and exclusion from political and economic processes lead to alienation and poverty and constitute some of the root causes of conflict, enhancing capacity and opportunities for the meaningful participation of indigenous women and men in decision making and political processes constitute some concrete mechanisms for the prevention of violent conflict.

Many of them have turned violent.

No one wanted non violent offenders and especially non violent offenders who were veterans to boot to be thrown into prison.

The illegal and deliberate targeting of civilians, the unconscionable breadth and impact of the arms trade, the lethality of weapons, and the trauma and death of women and children in war and violent conflict make this imperative.

When diamonds role in fueling violent conflict in Africa gained worldwide attention, the diamond industry established the Kimberley Process in order to keep blood diamonds out of international trade. The initiative has met with some success, although it has not completely halted trade in diamonds from conflict torn countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Vucic also said that the Serbian army entered the overall defense readiness condition just for the sake of deterrence to prevent the conflict. However, it was a clear warning Serbia would never tolerate any violent action in Kosovo.

In that regard, we hope that countries such as ours, which have made the transition from violent conflict to peace, will obtain the opportunity we deserve to share our experiences with other countries in the future Peacebuilding Commission.

And then they morph into violent extremism.

But, make no mistake about it, religion is a kind of fault line, and when a conflict gets ingrained in a region, religion can get sucked in and become part of the problem. Our modernity has been exceedingly violent.

There are periods of calm and periods of violent storms, Xi Jinping said, Violent storms can overturn the small pond, but not the sea.