The failure to demobilize and reconcile factions in Lebanon, where Hezbollah remained armed despite its transformation into a political party, meant that belligerency was always bubbling below the surface.

It was part of the kingdom of Zhao in the Warring States period.

We call upon the belligerent parties to work further to defuse the situation.

The belligerent groups operate in the Pakistani and Iranian parts of the region, and in southern Afghanistan.

Pressure must be also brought to bear on belligerent parties to bring them into compliance with the rules and principles of international law.

Warring parties start to negotiate seriously only if and when they know that other alternatives are out of reach.

Formerly warring parties in southern Sudan have signed a peace accord and entered a period of reconciliation.

Prospective operation of such a treaty is inconsistent with a state of war, as States at war avoid unnecessary intercourse.

The Security Council resolution presupposes in addition to separating the combatants the enforcement of the internal and external sovereignty of Lebanon s elected government of Lebanon, without saying how this is to be accomplished with a politically strengthened Hezbollah, militarily superior to the Lebanese forces.

Conflict parties need to move away from maximum demands and towards a compromise that recognizes each other's needs.

To be sure, there are many reasons to be pessimistic about the willingness of Syria s warring parties to engage in serious negotiations.

In October 2006, for example, Mecca was used to host talks among Iraq s warring sectarian factions.

This was the start of the Eastern Zhou period, which is customarily divided into the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period.

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2. Stresses that the responsibility for the humanitarian crisis lies with all warring parties, in particular with the Taliban

A peace deal between warring parties was reached in 1995 leading to Taylor's election as president in 1997.

The warring parties habitually use the rape of women as a weapon of war, so as to humiliate and terrorize the population.

The events of November 2004 were a serious setback to the prospects for peace and further undermined the level of trust between the parties.

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Instead, the talks with the Russians seem to have run aground on the question of calling a conference among the warring parties to agree on elections.

The events at Abu Ghraib underscore why international rules such as the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of combatants are so vital.

There is also a need to continue to exert pressure on the warring parties to make them fulfil their obligations and to ensure that they arrive at a political settlement of the conflict.

1) Treaties between the belligerent states which presuppose the maintenance of common political action or good relations between them, for example, treaties of alliance, are abrogated.

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There seems in theory no reason why such treaties should not stand on the same footing as bilateral treaties between the belligerents.

Military equipment in the form of night vision devices was also part of a shipment of arms to a warlord located in Mogadishu.

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These 36 Chinese proverbs are related to 36 battle scenarios in Chinese history and folklore, predominantly of the Warring States period and the Three Kingdoms Period.

He made up his mind to take up politics as a career, which was a common choice for scholars not from a noble family during the Warring States period.

Shang Yang (, 390 338 BC) was an important statesman of the State of Qin during the Warring States period of Chinese history.

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They are threatening to take the northern vote to another party if they lose the PDP ticket.

On the right, the Likud party, which Sharon abandoned to establish Kadima, did very poorly, partly because many conservative voters also deserted it for religious, immigrant, and other parties.

In fact, the new consensus is shared by most of Labour and the main opposition within Likud.

The Labour Party, however, remained the largest party in parliament with 30.8 of the popular vote.