Revolutionary France does, essentially, the French Revolutionary Wars.

They are a constant reminder of the wars and political conflicts that have beset our region.

We live in a world of perpetual warfare and crime and corruption.

It is a wartorn, unhappy land... half Christian, half Moor.

So if you have a traditional perception of terrorism, it would be that it's one of criminality, one of war.

My work has evolved from being concerned mainly with war to a focus on critical social issues as well.

This age cohort was not much influenced by the Arab Israeli wars or the East West conflict.

Given the West s record of horrendous warfare and often brutal imperialism, this seems unlikely.

Let us all remember, particularly in the industrialized world, that wars and their appalling human consequences are not so remote in our histories.

Programmes have also been introduced addressing the emotional needs of war affected children, especially through awareness raising and training for their teachers.

In the recent agreement we at last see a turning point in the history of the hitherto war torn and tension ridden region of the Middle East.

The Italian Renaissance peaked in the mid 16th century as foreign invasions plunged the region into the turmoil of the Italian Wars.

However, we are concerned that in many countries those affected by war or ethnic strife no action has yet been taken to observe the occasion of the celebration of the International Year of the Family.

Poverty has exacerbated the trauma of Iraq s violent history of wars and atrocities, which has desensitized people to killing.

The Department will conduct policy oriented studies in the context of the Agenda for Peace on issues of economic and social rehabilitation and development in countries affected by war and other disasters.

While we have largely succeeded in reducing and phasing out inter State conflicts, too many people today still know of and suffer from wars.

In some countries, in particular in sub Saharan Africa, they include children orphaned by HIV AIDS and war and children affected by war in other ways.

Similarly, most of the developing countries that have not reported any action are countries affected by war, disaster or other extreme difficulties.

Except for some small island developing States, most of those that have not reported any action are countries affected by war, disaster or other extreme difficulties.

The international community still faces numerous swords of Damocles that continue to hang over all our heads, such as nuclear weapons, ethnic and regional wars, famines and underdevelopment.

Similarly, the Organization's work to improve governance throughout the developing world and to rebuild the rule of law and State institutions in war torn countries is vital to ensuring that democracy takes root and endures.

Under the cross mandate approach, mixed populations comprising refugees, returnees, internally displaced persons, demobilized soldiers and civilians affected by war and drought receive basic food rations, agricultural seeds and veterinary drugs.

We appreciate highly President Clinton apos s very important proposal, voiced here, concerning the need for international action to clear mines in the war stricken countries of the world.

Assist governments of war affected countries, upon their request, in the confiscating and disposal of small arms and light weapons used to inflict harm and violence in particular against women and children.

In other areas, such as the reconstruction of roads, and other means of communication above all, in the so called war stricken countries, a sad new term Afghanistan is again at the top of the list.

Fourthly, the office has to coordinate and promote the activities of Government and non governmental organizations that are assisting the developing war stricken countries by providing prostheses for adults and children who are victims of land mines and booby traps.

Such youth include those living in the poorest, most marginal circumstances, those in conflict with the law, street children and those exploited by the illicit drug trade, sexually exploited or affected by HIV AIDS, war and natural disasters.

We also continue to face the threat posed by terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, the threat of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the untenable situation of those large sectors of humanity that are affected by civil war and less than acceptable human rights practices.

So the object of international law is not to ban unjust wars and permit just ones, but to assure that wars are waged for limited aims, so that they don t rage out of control.

91. A memorandum dated 7 September 1992 from the Legal Consultant addressed to the Chairman of the UNHCR Committee on Contracts indicated that the limited coverage offered by the underwriters in respect of war and strikes, riots and civil commotion clauses might not justify the cost.

A memorandum dated 7 September 1992 from the Legal Consultant addressed to the Chairman, UNHCR Committee on Contracts indicated that the limited coverage offered by the underwriters in respect of war and strikes, riots and civil commotion clauses might not justify the cost.

The High level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change noted that, in recent years, terrorists had helped to finance their activities and had moved large sums of money by gaining access to such valuable commodities as drugs in countries beset by civil war (A 59 565, para.

While the war in Afghanistan may have resulted in fewer American deaths and injuries than previous US wars, the human cost remains substantial especially after factoring in Afghan deaths and injuries.

In addition, those States that had a good payment record had tax administrations with long experience that was not always the case among new Members, whose legislation was sometimes only beginning to be developed or whose institutions had deteriorated under pressures caused by war, poverty or corruption.

If the word conference seems too official, it could be called an international meeting of mine clearance experts. The object would be to draft and adopt an international strategy on mine clearance, as well as ways and means of alleviating the disastrous consequences of land mines in war stricken countries.

Jagland praised Nansen while underscoring that the world is still facing challenges as great, if not greater, than those of the past, citing the Libyan and Syrian civil wars as well as the recent Lampedusa disaster.

After initial Persian success in recapturing Baghdad and most of modern Iraq, having lost it for several years, the war became a stalemate as the Persians were unable to press further into the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottomans themselves were distracted by wars in Europe and weakened by internal turmoil.

Ours is a small world full of problems, with almost 50 years of global peace but replete with local wars abundance side by side with poverty success in South Africa, progress in the Middle East, but a Bosnia and a Rwanda torn asunder.

I believe it is time for this Assembly to adopt pragmatic resolutions so that we may spend less on paper and bureaucracy and more on technical and cultural missions and specific programmes that would reach those people that face the greatest problems, areas afflicted by war, plague and starvation.

That report famously valued the damage caused by global warming at 5 20 of GDP a major disruption on a scale similar to those associated with the great wars and the economic depression of the first half of the twentieth century.

Refugees are a natural consequence of war indeed, there has seldom been a war without civilians trying to flee from its carnage. But what causes the wars?