The paramilitary groups failed to respect the cessation of hostilities.

Monitoring of the cessation of hostilities and movements of armed groups

The paramilitaries continued to commit breaches, along with violations of the cessation of hostilities.

The Government's door remains open to negotiation so long as the agreement on cessation of hostilities remains accepted.

Much of this relates to the cessation of hostilities and successful peace processes following some of the world's most protracted wars.

In its follow up report, the Ombudsman's Office stated that the AUC was responsible for 342 cases of violations of the cessation of hostilities.

Moreover, as a result of the peace process initiated by the Government, the self defence groups had declared a ceasefire and cessation of hostilities.

(3) Post Conflict Phase these actions reflect those activities that can be undertaken to minimize humanitarian impacts on the cessation of hostilities. They include

A Cessation of Hostilities Agreement was signed on 15 May between FNL and the Government, but its implementation has not yet yielded the expected results.

Since peacebuilding would usually follow a period of peacekeeping, it should benefit from the time lag that the cessation of hostilities or a peacekeeping mission provides.

Negotiations with the AUC were aimed at the demobilization of these paramilitary groups, despite their continued violations of the cessation of hostilities, as the Government publicly demanded.

Peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding must therefore be reinvigorated by ensuring that peacekeeping operations include the added capacity to maintain peace long after the cessation of hostilities.

The High Commissioner calls upon all the illegal armed groups to implement an effective cessation of hostilities as soon as possible, to be reciprocated by the Government.

Attention is drawn to the large number of breaches, their gravity, and the impunity with which they were carried out, taking into account the declared cessation of hostilities.

The Pretoria Agreement includes a joint declaration by the Ivorian parties on an immediate and final cessation of all hostilities and an end to the war throughout the country.

In that connection, I wish to commend the parties for the commitment they continue to demonstrate to the Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities, signed in Algiers in June 2000.

We have to utilize this day of ceasefire and nonviolence and go for a global truce, go for the largest recorded cessation of hostilities, both domestically and internationally, ever recorded.

Article 14 of the Cessation of Hostilities empowers the Security Council to invoke Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter to take appropriate measures against the party that violates the Peace Agreement.

And on the 21st of September this year, we're going to launch that campaign at the O2 Arena to go for that process, to try and create the largest recorded cessation of hostilities.

I therefore commend the parties for safeguarding the integrity of the Temporary Security Zone and for their continuing commitment to the Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities, signed in Algiers on 18 June 2000.

No concrete consequences are known to have occurred for the AUC for its non compliance with the cessation of hostilities, which, according to the Ombudsman's Office and other observers, was extensive and serious.

Previous experiences of implementing the Ceasefire Agreement in the Nuba Mountains and the Cessation of Hostilities in Southern Sudan provide a solid evidence of the ability and the will of the Government to fulfil its commitments.

21. Emphasizes the importance of recording the location of mines, of retaining all such records and making them available to concerned parties upon cessation of hostilities, and welcomes the strengthening of the relevant provisions in international law

Now, with the recent cessation of hostilities with Israel emboldening Hamas, its beleaguered rival for Palestinians support, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, is proceeding with the less ambitious observer state approach in the General Assembly.

The office in Colombia continued to record grave breaches on the part of the illegal armed groups, particularly FARC EP and the paramilitary groups, even though a number of the latter have declared a cessation of hostilities.

16. Emphasizes in this regard the importance of recording the location of mines, of retaining all such records and making them available to concerned parties upon cessation of hostilities, and welcomes the strengthening of the relevant provisions in international law

17. Emphasizes in this regard the importance of recording the location of mines, of retaining all such records and making them available to concerned parties upon cessation of hostilities, and welcomes the strengthening of the relevant provisions in international law

17. Emphasizes, in this regard, the importance of recording the location of mines, of retaining all such records and making them available to concerned parties upon cessation of hostilities, and welcomes the strengthening of the relevant provisions in international law

The two parties declare an immediate cessation of hostilities and decide to establish within a period of not more than one month technical teams with a mandate to decide on the mechanisms of the permanent ceasefire between the two belligerents.

Cessation and non repetition

When it occasionally does, even for a short interval as UN Resolution 1701 for cessation of hostilities in Lebanon seems to be holding it is time to take stock of events in the hopes that a responsible debate may influence those in power.

Articles 21, 118 and 119 of the Third Geneva Convention permit the internment of POWs until their repatriation at the cessation of active hostilities or the completion of any criminal proceedings or punishment for an indictable offence that may be pending against a POW.

Domestic hostilities

In violation of the cessation of hostilities, the disappearance of two persons in Puerto Libertador (Córdoba) was attributed to the Northern Bloc of AUC, in the course of an action in which 10 hostages were taken, including a former municipal councillor  8 of whom were subsequently killed.

Stressing that a lasting cessation of hostilities is essential for meaningful dialogue, and welcoming in particular the stated commitment of the two sides to negotiate with serious intent and in good faith and not to abandon the process unilaterally until the negotiating agenda is exhausted,

Welcoming also the fact that the signing of the Ceasefire Agreement in Angola on 4 April 2002, resulted in the cessation of all hostilities and created unprecedented conditions for the resolution of all pending questions of the Lusaka ProtocolS 1994 1441, annex. and its full completion,

The Burundi peace process remained on track, with several positive developments, including the holding of a successful referendum on the post transition constitution on 28 February 2005, the signing of a declaration on the cessation of hostilities and the holding of local council elections in June 2005.

Hostilities have commenced.

To achieve that, the short term and medium term support of the international community is essential in order to ensure the success of that delicate transitional period from the cessation of hostilities to the building of social consensus with the participation of all, with everyone assuming his or her rightful role.

(a) Effective measures aimed at the cessation of continuing violations

The cessation of the nuclear arms race is a reality.

Fears of imminent major hostilities are clearly overblown.

Cessation of the shipper's liability (draft article 36, former 43(2))

In the wake of the demand for peacekeeping in the recent past, as well as the tendency of some cultures to slip back into conflict soon after a peacekeeping mission or the cessation of hostilities, peacebuilding has become an increasingly important burden for the Council and for the United Nations in general.

Contrary to territorial withdrawal, cessation of violence can be achieved only bilaterally.