The story starts in Kenya in December of 2007, when there was a disputed presidential election, and in the immediate aftermath of that election, there was an outbreak of ethnic violence.

While nobody expects the mass violence of the 1990 s to recur, that does not justify diplomatic indifference and inaction.

There is still no violence.

In earlier incidents connected to last month's municipal elections, violence erupted on 18 May, following a court ruling the day before which abrogated election results in some municipalities.

Some observers warn us that new inter ethnic violence could erupt.

(b) The fact that all parties to the conflict have been responsible for acts of violence and atrocities

(b) The fact that all parties to the conflict have been responsible for acts of violence and atrocities

The dispute turned violent on 16 July 1989 in Sukhumi.

Nevertheless, internal bickering and tension have continued, along with incidents of violence, which are a by product of that kind of atmosphere.

There are reports of violence in cities across Pakistan.

These three agreed to form a Presidential Council after violence marred the 1970 elections.

Days later, riots erupted in cities across Sudan, including the capital, Khartoum.

Subsequently, the EU would monitor Kosovo and prevent any dispute that might turn violent.

2. The killing of innocent people by suicide bombs or other acts of violence cannot be condoned and

One can only hope that the vacuum created by America s withdrawal doesn t implode in violence.

Half of the disabilities were reportedly the result of acts of aggression and violence committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian civilians.

The outbreak of violence in February 1961 in Angola was the beginning of the end of Portugal's empire in Africa.

Since then, the world has seen countless acts of violence, terrorism, famine, and environmental degradation.

In the US and many Latin American countries, slaveholding fueled mass violence as well.

(a) Exert control over Palestinian armed groups in such a way that they refrain from any act of violence against civilians

Serious violence also occurred in May this year in refugee camps in eastern Chad.

Threat ( 120), physical abuse ( 121) and torture ( 122) are qualified as acts of violence.

The violent deaths of six UNRWA workers served as a tragic reminder of the dangers faced by the staff of that Agency.

Abhisit s pledges of reform and reconciliation in the wake of April s riots have made little headway. The PAD wants to maintain the 2007 charter.

Their self image is no longer that of the good guys, against whom an act of violence is mad and inexplicable.

If passed into law it would introduce jail sentences and fines for perpetrators of mob justice and the communities where the violence takes place.

Any acts of violence such as those that occurred last March would have very serious and negative consequences and are therefore unacceptable.

More than 800 Muslim Brotherhood members were arrested, when the police tried stopping the violence that broke out between the supporters of different candidates.

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.

A small number of ideological extremists has inflicted real violence in the name of Islam, and will continue to do so.

The time had come to extend the scope of application of the Convention to as broad a range of United Nations operations as possible in order to make maximum use of the legal protections available and to resolve the question definitively.

Clearly, any violence that were to occur in Kosovo, such as happened in March 2004, would set the process back.

In 2002 alone, the number of civilian deaths that occurred in armed attacks or battle was estimated at between 19,000 and 172,000, depending on the criteria used for assessing death as a consequence of armed conflict.7 In many cases, particularly where the intention is to instil fear, brutal violence takes place in front of family members.

Deeply concerned about the recent violence in the city of Monrovia and its environs, which poses a serious threat to the peace process,

In Mexico, roughly 48,000 people have been killed in drug related violence since Felipe Calderón was elected President in 2006.

Will this eventually lead to collective social unrest? The country has already witnessed outbreaks of violence in its recent history.

Clearly, given this climate of ongoing tension, the Israeli Palestinian conflict has also been affected, and has indeed given rise to acts of violence in the Middle East.

Nigeria has been convulsed by religious violence triggered by the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper months ago.

In 1947 he was appointed Secretary to the Arab National Committee and was responsible for co ordinating the defence of Jerusalem when the hostilities broke out in 1948.

And when the former Yugoslavia was sliding into serious violence in the 1990 s, neither the US nor the Europeans wanted to intervene.

The net result has been to fuel resentment against India that spills over into occasional violence.

And ten years ago, during the financial crisis, violent anti Chinese riots erupted again, causing many Chinese to flee the country.

People living in these areas need peace and stability, not a fragilestatus quo that could suddenly shatter and turn violent.

Consider that the violent extremists have their own media relations committees aimed at manipulating elite opinion.

During the reporting period, the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) continued to document cases of serious violence against women and girls on a weekly basis.