But Colombians have earned a genuine opportunity to end their country s conflict.

They have also been in conflict.

A lasting solution to the conflict will have to address the regional tracks.

A sustainable transition from conflict to peace, however, depends on the prompt re establishment of national capacities that have been eroded by conflict.

States have a special responsibility to protect as well as to prevent armed conflict.

Most post conflict situations have what one might call a rule of law vacuum.

Sustained effort is, therefore, necessary throughout the spectrum from potential conflict, to conflict to peacebuilding if we are to have less conflict to resolve.

A number of foreign initiatives have been launched to resolve the conflict issues but have so far been unsuccessful.

As I have already noted, it is a leader in early warning and conflict prevention.

There are numerous examples of economies that have continued to function, even in conflict or potential conflict situations.

In recent times, multinational regional forces, both armed and unarmed, have been engaged in conflict and post conflict operations.

In this conflict, both sides have raised their bets, and their threats could become a reality.

The country s factions each have good reason to compromise before the conflict comes to a head.

The Palestinians have a difficult history one of internal disunity and murderous internecine conflict to overcome.

It is not a confrontation between religions, but fundamentalist religious groups have severely exacerbated the conflict.

The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was the oldest conflict on the continent, and should therefore receive the highest priority. Ending the conflict would have a positive effect on other ongoing conflicts in Africa.

A premature exit from conflict areas courts a disastrous slide back into conflict.

International actors have established post conflict peacebuilding funding mechanisms in order to provide financial aid to countries emerging from conflict.

The lines of conflict have been clearly drawn in advance.

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

The summit will have succeeded, the OSCE will have succeeded, and Karabakh will cease to be a synonym for conflict, but a laboratory for peace.

Iraq also argues that both pre conflict and post conflict imagery should have been used on a number of different sites and vegetation densities in order to reduce uncertainties.

The aim of the approach is to develop a protocol to assist key post conflict development actors assess the needs of local communities that have been embroiled in conflict.

Things have also started to move in a third area the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

Far too many people in war torn countries have seen a fragile peace relapse into new conflict.

The expectation of conflict can itself become a cause of conflict.

Moreover, 8 of the 11 countries that have not yet reached the decision points are in conflict or post conflict situations.

Iraq also claims that fishing restrictions arising as a consequence of the conflict would have had a beneficial environmental effect.

Indeed, in recent years we have observed living conditions deteriorate for many children, especially in conflict zones, where children account for a great proportion of civilian victims of armed conflict.

What we have come to call peacebuilding aims both at eradicating the deep root causes of a conflict and at adopting a diverse group of measures intended to prevent the resurgence of the conflict.

In a way, a unilateral declaration of independence would make the Israeli Palestinian conflict a bit more like the Israeli Syrian conflict an inter state conflict.

(a) delivering humanitarian, political or development assistance in peacebuilding, including in pre conflict, conflict and post conflict situations or

China, Korea, and Japan, whose economic interests are closely entwined, have every reason to avoid a serious conflict.

All of these institutions have successfully mediated political conflict during a time of great adversity in advanced countries.

Children have also paid a terrible price during the conflict, with thousands killed during the violence so far.

Nigeria believes that subregional and regional organizations should have a complementary role to play in post conflict peacebuilding.

The emphasis was placed on situations that might have a transboundary impact or lead to conflict among States.

Youth who have experienced the realities of conflict can serve as inspiring voices to promote the culture of peace and conflict prevention.

A large number of museums have also had their infrastructure damaged as a result of being caught in the armed conflict.

A recent study by India s Strategic Foresight Group entitled The Cost of Conflict in the Middle East suggested that the past 20 years of conflict have cost WANA countries some 12 trillion.

Within both India and Pakistan, economic disparities and a sense of social injustice have created fertile ground for conflict.

Some commentators have questioned whether the effect of armed conflict on treaties is, in fact, a distinct legal problem.

Efforts in the immediate post conflict phase have often been too slow.

Talks to address the conflict in the east have yet to start.

Information and its manipulation have been a vital strategic element in this conflict, and the control of information has become a weapon.