It was part of the kingdom of Zhao in the Warring States period.

We call upon the belligerent parties to work further to defuse the situation.

The belligerent groups operate in the Pakistani and Iranian parts of the region, and in southern Afghanistan.

Pressure must be also brought to bear on belligerent parties to bring them into compliance with the rules and principles of international law.

Warring parties start to negotiate seriously only if and when they know that other alternatives are out of reach.

Formerly warring parties in southern Sudan have signed a peace accord and entered a period of reconciliation.

Prospective operation of such a treaty is inconsistent with a state of war, as States at war avoid unnecessary intercourse.

Conflict parties need to move away from maximum demands and towards a compromise that recognizes each other's needs.

To be sure, there are many reasons to be pessimistic about the willingness of Syria s warring parties to engage in serious negotiations.

In October 2006, for example, Mecca was used to host talks among Iraq s warring sectarian factions.

This was the start of the Eastern Zhou period, which is customarily divided into the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period.

2. Stresses that the responsibility for the humanitarian crisis lies with all warring parties, in particular with the Taliban

A peace deal between warring parties was reached in 1995 leading to Taylor's election as president in 1997.

The warring parties habitually use the rape of women as a weapon of war, so as to humiliate and terrorize the population.

The events of November 2004 were a serious setback to the prospects for peace and further undermined the level of trust between the parties.

Instead, the talks with the Russians seem to have run aground on the question of calling a conference among the warring parties to agree on elections.

The events at Abu Ghraib underscore why international rules such as the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of combatants are so vital.

There is also a need to continue to exert pressure on the warring parties to make them fulfil their obligations and to ensure that they arrive at a political settlement of the conflict.

1) Treaties between the belligerent states which presuppose the maintenance of common political action or good relations between them, for example, treaties of alliance, are abrogated.

There seems in theory no reason why such treaties should not stand on the same footing as bilateral treaties between the belligerents.

Military equipment in the form of night vision devices was also part of a shipment of arms to a warlord located in Mogadishu.

These 36 Chinese proverbs are related to 36 battle scenarios in Chinese history and folklore, predominantly of the Warring States period and the Three Kingdoms Period.

He made up his mind to take up politics as a career, which was a common choice for scholars not from a noble family during the Warring States period.

Shang Yang (, 390 338 BC) was an important statesman of the State of Qin during the Warring States period of Chinese history.

Though nominally a neutral nation during World War I, Norway was in the unenviable position of being dependent on the warring sides for its trade.

It is believed that by the 4th century BC, iron culture was developing in Korea as the warring states of China pushed refugees east and south.

During the First World War, a majority of belligerents viewed industrial property conventions as being suspended during the hostilities, but continued to honour any parallel domestic law.

Moreover, it is likely that, within a few months, UN soldiers would once again find themselves between the firing lines of the conflicting parties.

Multilateral economic conventions creating unions with bureaus, such as the postal and telecommunications unions, continued in force throughout the war, with belligerent, allied and neutral States as parties

Abysmal air and land transport limit the ability to move fighting forces to where they are needed most.

During the reporting period, no violations of the ceasefire were reported, and there were no major violations of the zone of confidence by either of the belligerent forces.

Such multilateral treaties remain binding not only between those states not participating in war but between the belligerents and the non participants.

Disarmament and demobilization have concluded, and the warring factions have been officially dissolved, but most ordinary Liberians are jobless and upset that they have not seen substantial improvements in their living conditions. Systematic corruption is eroding confidence in the democratic process and donor support.

This is a war in which the interplay of informational conflict and physical violence is especially evident, in which disinformation and propaganda muddle motives, deny unmistakable violence, and seek to confuse both fighting forces and key populations.

This would be a strong incentive to go to Geneva. Warring parties start to negotiate seriously only if and when they know that other alternatives are out of reach.

The advantages in terms of employment creation, reintegrating former combatants into productive activities, savings from safety net programs, and improved public security would be many.

See also Starke, supra note 28, at 409 ( Treaties between the belligerent States which presuppose the maintenance of common political action or good relations between them, for example, treaties of alliance, are abrogated ).

Mr. Eriksen (Norway) commended United Nations and associated personnel, who risked their lives assisting people in conflict situations, but who were increasingly being attacked by belligerents.

The failure to demobilize and reconcile factions in Lebanon, where Hezbollah remained armed despite its transformation into a political party, meant that belligerency was always bubbling below the surface.

Unlike the other famed philosophers of the time, Han Fei was a member of the ruling aristocracy, having been born into the ruling family of the state of Han during the end phase of the Warring States period.

Despite the disproportionate impact of conflict on women, they continue to hold their families and communities together and often undertake initiatives across warring factions under extremely difficult conditions.

Expressing its grave concern at the serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, in particular by the Taliban, in Afghanistan and at the inadequacy of measures taken by the warring factions to reverse the situation,

For example, the Austro Germano Italian Dreibund treaty, a treaty of alliance could not possibly remain in force after Italy's association with the warring Powers of the Entente against the Central Powers in 1915 .

They offered to exchange the soldier for the release of 95 women and 313 children who are among almost 10,000 Arabs in Israeli prisons, but this time Israel rejected a swap and attacked Gaza in an attempt to free the soldier and stop rocket fire into Israel. The resulting destruction brought reconciliation between warring Palestinian factions and support for them throughout the Arab world.

Likewise, the collapse of peace processes in Angola and Haiti and the various setbacks in Cambodia and Nicaragua during the 1990 s reflect a failure to demobilize and integrate.