Different rules apply depending on whether the situation is an international armed conflict, a high intensity non international conflict or an armed conflict not of an international character.

Even after establishing peace, the probability that these countries will relapse into conflict is high.

During the high level segment there is an opportunity for the Forum to consider further the role of forest in conflict prevention, post conflict resolution and reconstruction.

For example, high rates of violence against women afflict all parts of the world, including zones of armed conflict.

In that regard, SADC thanked the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict for placing the issues of children affected by armed conflict high on the international agenda.

But the stakes are high another failure could reignite civil conflict and all but destroy any remaining hope for reconciliation.

Additionally, poverty, religion, tradition, and conflict make the rate of child marriage in Sub Saharan Africa very high in some regions.

They encouraged both parties to the conflict to participate constructively in the next high level meeting of the Group of Friends.

Despite threats and intimidation from extremist groups targeting the electoral process, voter turnout was high even in the most vulnerable conflict areas.

In Gaza, where Hamas is in charge, the high price of armed resistance to Israel has discredited any attempts to revive the conflict.

Given lower labor costs, local businessmen could decide to invest under the conditions of uncertainty and high risk that characterize post conflict situations.

The drought further exacerbated the already high level of vulnerability of the population, which has been subjected to nearly 25 years of conflict.

Afghanistan has an infamous record on both grounds it has reverted to conflict, and it is not being weaned off its high aid dependence.

None of the cases related to the height of the conflict in 2003 and 2004, and none of the verdicts convicted high level officials.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and UNICEF worked together to assist children separated from their families by conflict.

The Assembly will recall that the figures pertaining to conflict were rather high in 1998, but have now gone from, I think, 14 to 3.

Second, a smaller group of treaties exhibits a moderately high likelihood of applicability during armed conflict, including reciprocal inheritance treaties and multilateral law making conventions.

Women's role in conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post conflict reconstruction

The bad news is that the prospects for just about every other sort of conflict are high and the international agenda is both crowded and demanding.

Today, Europe is defending the moral high ground when it comes to values such as human rights, peaceful conflict resolution, social welfare, and care for the environment.

Following the appointment of the Special Representative of the Secretary General, the plight of children affected by armed conflict has received high priority from the United Nations.

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.

MINUGUA attached high priority throughout its mandate to defending human rights monitors, who were still subject to periodic threats and harassment after the end of the conflict.

Paragraph 22 This paragraph only applies to States whereas Article 3 (10) of Amended Protocol II applies to States (High Contracting Parties) and parties to the conflict .

The non application of the whole of international humanitarian law to non international armed conflict is particularly problematic because the Protocol dealing specifically with non international armed conflict, Protocol II, requires a very high threshold to trigger its applicability and has seldom been applied.

There were repeated statements by high level government officials denying the existence of an internal armed conflict and affirming that only a terrorist threat against Colombian society existed.

The Committee expresses its deep concern about the high incidence of domestic violence, often resulting from psychological distress caused by unemployment and traumatic disorders related to armed conflict.

Conflict, post conflict reconstruction and the private sector

The United States sent then Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer to intervene the first time a high ranking American officer was sent to mediate in an African conflict.

In many cases, post conflict aid can reach extraordinarily high levels after the conflicts ends, both in per capita terms and relative to the size of the recipient economies.

Repeated statements were made by high level government officials denying the existence of an internal armed conflict and affirming only the existence of a terrorist threat against Colombian society.

His delegation agreed with the High Commissioner that the international community's support and cooperation were essential to ensure the sustainability of refugee repatriation movements through post conflict reconstruction processes.

Australia believes peacebuilding must be interpreted broadly to encompass the whole conflict cycle, such that the Protocol would cover pre conflict, conflict and post conflict operations.

Conflict

There is general agreement that addressing the long term needs of countries emerging from conflict requires a high degree of coordination and coherence among the various international actors supporting peacebuilding.

We share the view that, while high levels of aid do not guarantee success, the absence or inadequacy of aid would make post conflict peacebuilding efforts a time wasting charade.

Realistic conflict management will replace utopian hopes for conflict resolution.

Mine clearance was crucial in conflict and post conflict situations.

We all recall the recommendations on the threat of conflict between States and the threat of conflict within States, as contained in the report of the High level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change in recent months those recommendations were the subject of broad based consultation and discussion.

12. Calls for the enhancement of the role of women in conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post conflict peacebuilding

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

Deeply concerned by the high human cost and material losses caused by armed conflicts and recognizing that peace, security and development are mutually reinforcing, including in the prevention of armed conflict,

Also welcomes the engagement of the Office of the High Commissioner with concerned national institutions on a regional level in relation to conflict prevention as well as the prevention of torture

Also welcomes the engagement of the Office of the High Commissioner with concerned national institutions on a regional level in relation to conflict prevention as well as the prevention of torture

It organized a human rights seminar for judges in Qatar in May 2004 and a high level workshop on the rule of law tools for post conflict States in September 2004.