The European Union welcomes the recommendation made by Mr. Annan to pursue more vigorously and expeditiously the use of arms embargoes to countries or regions threatened by, engaged in or emerging from armed conflict, and to promote their effective implementation.

For its part, Niger is grateful that it has not been ravaged by major conflict.

In 1998, 14 African countries were in a state of armed conflict or strife.

The general principle that treaties continued in operation after the outbreak of an armed conflict was acceptable.

They're of a new nature they could lead the world into a digital conflict that could turn into an armed struggle.

Millions of Africans live in countries where there is ongoing armed conflict or the imminent risk of such a conflict breaking out.

(vii) that in any armed conflict the right of the parties to the conflict to choose methods or means of warfare is not unlimited.

Many youth organizations encourage Governments to uphold the right to conscientious objection for young people not wanting to engage in armed conflict.

The Indonesian National Revolution or Indonesian War of Independence was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between Indonesia and the Dutch Empire, and an internal social revolution.

The Philippine Revolution (called the Tagalog War by the Spanish), (Filipino Himagsikang Pilipino) was an armed military conflict between the people of the Philippines and the Spanish colonial authorities.

There is an obvious difference between persons engaged in an armed conflict, as in Afghanistan and Iraq, and terrorist suspects arrested outside of armed conflict.

Draft article 3 likewise posed a problem with its categorical statement that the outbreak of an armed conflict did not ipso facto terminate or suspend the operation of treaties.

That would be the case where the treaty expressly or implicitly indicated the intention of the parties concerning the termination or suspension of the treaty in the event of an armed conflict.

A prompt and predictable humanitarian response can bring sustainable relief to civilians caught in an armed conflict only when there is a political solution to the conflict.

A fundamentally religious movement for whom the future belongs to Islam, Hamas sees itself as being engaged in a long term armed struggle for the liberation of all of Palestine.

The conflict is armed theater, in which the antagonists are simultaneously locked in struggle with each other and sending messages to wider audiences, particularly the Iraqi people.

He was the originator of an idea that eventually became the Louisiana Purchase, as a way to avoid French troops landing in New Orleans, and possibly sparking armed conflict with U.S. forces.

Accordingly, my Government was the first, in 1994, to offer a negotiated settlement in place of an armed conflict, as well as an extensive devolution of power instead of a separate State.

The enabling environment for gender equality and empowerment of women is seriously constrained in countries experiencing or emerging from armed conflict.

5. Calls upon States which are parties to an armed conflict to take all necessary measures, in a timely manner, to determine the identity and fate of persons reported missing in connection with the armed conflict

Her delegation was thus in favour of retaining draft article 3, which expressly recognized that the outbreak of an armed conflict did not ipso facto terminate or suspend the operation of treaties.

The activities of armed forces during an armed conflict, as those terms are understood under international humanitarian law, which are governed by that law, are not governed by the present Convention.

The highest level of deaths on the battlefield was recorded between 1998 and 2001, with about 80,000 soldiers, policemen and rebels killed every year.

2. Calls upon States that are parties to an armed conflict to take all appropriate measures to prevent persons from going missing in connection with armed conflict and to account for persons reported missing as a result of such a situation

2. Calls upon States that are parties to an armed conflict to take all appropriate measures to prevent persons from going missing in connection with armed conflict and account for persons reported missing as a result of such a situation

Recalling the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, adopted at The Hague on 14 May 1954,United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 249, No. 3511.

Although there are fewer countries in a state of armed conflict and civil strife on the continent, we should obviously not be complacent because of what has been achieved so far.

There is an obvious difference between persons engaged in an armed conflict, as in Afghanistan and Iraq, and terrorist suspects arrested outside of armed conflict. A case by case approach is therefore necessary.

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Will armed conflict result from these recurring and, it seems, escalating disputes between the Philippines and Vietnam on one side, and China on the other? War, of course, is in no one s interest.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, for its part, is emerging from a long armed conflict considered to be the first African world war a war that has deeply divided the country, shattered its economy and destroyed its basic infrastructure, its schools, its hospitals and its administration.

The 2004 update to that report found that the number of African countries in armed conflict had decreased to six and that very few African countries were facing deep political crises.1

The interwar period, which suffered from a similar crisis of leadership, produced not only a collapse of globalization, but a devastating armed conflict on a global scale.

First, the Commission should check whether the catalogue of treaties continuing in operation during an armed conflict was complete and exhaustive. The memorandum by the Secretariat already contained suggestions for extending the catalogue.

When the report of the Secretary General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa was first issued in 1998, 14 countries in the region were in a state of armed conflict or civil strife.

So, to win, Libya s Colonel Muammar el Qaddafi has deliberately and successfully turned a civil resistance campaign into an armed conflict. That will have ramifications in the post authoritarian context.

1. Where a treaty indicates the intention of the parties relating to the termination or suspension of the treaty in case of an armed conflict, or where such intention may be deduced from the interpretation of the treaty, that intention shall stand.

(b) Engagement in armed conflict.

Beyond peacemaking action, the need to help countries emerging from armed conflict remain on the path of peace and overcome the risk of relapse constitutes a real challenge to which we have adequately responded through our reflections on the role of the United Nations.

Article 5, paragraph 1, should indicate that the application of certain human rights and environmental law principles during an armed conflict was determined by the relevant lex specialis, namely the law designed to regulate the conduct of hostilities.

It is not a conflict.

4. Also reaffirms that each party to an armed conflict, as soon as circumstances permit and, at the latest, from the end of active hostilities, shall search for the persons who have been reported missing by an adverse party

The definition of an armed conflict should make no reference to the nature or extent of armed operations that element should be an independent factor for determining whether treaties could be terminated or suspended if an armed conflict erupted.

19. Reaffirms the obligation of all States and parties to an armed conflict to protect civilians in armed conflicts in accordance with international humanitarian law, and invites States to promote a culture of protection, taking into account the particular needs of women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities