Protracted situations

In 2004, some two thirds of the global refugee population remained in limbo in protracted situations.

The self reliance of refugees is a vital means to reduce dependence on humanitarian assistance and to prepare refugees for durable solutions, particularly in protracted refugee situations.

This will be the end of a grim cycle.

In 2004, the challenges of ensuring access to protection, making major voluntary repatriation movements sustainable and promoting the resolution of protracted refugee situations persisted.

Longstanding conflicts remain unresolved and complex new challenges are emerging.

Global diplomacy must focus on resolving long standing disputes.

Iran s long standing opposition to relations with the US is a bit more complex.

The tragedy of that protracted stagnation isn't sufficiently recognized, I think.

The right to development has been ignored for too long.

Meanwhile, the economy has not yet extricated itself from its protracted deflation.

It is with deepening concern that we have observed the prolonged differences between the United States and Cuba.

They have also accumulated large protracted arrears with the international financial institutions.

What is needed is more intense bilateral diplomacy among Asian governments to settle long standing disputes.

These positive developments are basic elements in effectively addressing the protracted problems of the Middle East.

The plight of the Saharawi refugees in camps in Tindouf in Algeria who have been separated from their communities of origin in Western Sahara for decades represents another example of an ongoing protracted situation.

Future efforts will focus on situation specific approaches, notably for protracted refugee situations.

He was encouraged, however, by positive developments which would enable millions of such persons to return to their countries in safety and dignity as durable solutions were found to various protracted refugee situations in Africa.

(b) The protracted humanitarian crisis in Darfur and recent upsurge in violence perpetrated by all parties to the conflict

Significant developments during the past year have bolstered our optimism regarding an end to the long suffering of the Palestinian people.

Mr. Lallah commented on the wooliness of the ideas expressed in regard to a problem that was longstanding.

The positive developments in Mozambique and Burundi towards peaceful resolution of long standing conflicts are indeed commendable.

It is our hope that recent positive developments on the long standing question of Western Sahara will result in a just and equitable settlement.

Intense and long suffering, Argentines know how to create universal heroes like Eva Perón and Ché Guevara.

Cooperation between Thailand, the United States and UNHCR was a good example of a durable solution to protracted situations.

In 2004, the challenges of ensuring access to protection, making major voluntary repatriation movements sustainable and promoting the resolution of protracted refugee situations persisted.

With a return to peace, especially in Angola, and the absence of any major displacement, UNHCR and its partners concentrated on pursuing durable solutions for protracted refugee situations, including the repatriation of Angolan refugees and the continuation of the Zambia Initiative aimed at facilitating the local integration of refugees.

Yet high and protracted unemployment plagues many less skilled workers.

The Palestinian problem is a prolonged human tragedy that the community of nations is called upon to resolve.

As I observed in my last report, however, the protracted stalemate is inherently destabilizing.

The Board remains of the view that the clearance of these long outstanding amounts would be possible only with the intervention of the Member States concerned.

However, even as the legislative bodies were committing themselves unanimously to resolving the long standing problem of political status, the Governor had reneged on his earlier promise.

The long running economic miracles of South Korea and Hong Kong ended, as did surging growth in Indonesia and Thailand.

The Egyptian army was also engaged heavily in the protracted North Yemen Civil War, and the brief Libyan Egyptian War in July 1977.

The Board reiterates its view that the clearance of these long outstanding amounts would be possible only with the intervention of the Member States concerned.

The protracted political crisis in Côte d'Ivoire has left the country partitioned into three separate parts, beset with specific challenges.

PARIS In the last few weeks, the idea of establishing a European banking union has become the latest remedy advanced as a solution to the long running euro crisis.

And, as in Egypt, the protracted transition risks faltering under the weight of rising political violence and socioeconomic decline.

We do not, for a moment, delude ourselves about the complexities of these conflicts or the depth of longstanding animosities least of all, in the territory of the former Yugoslavia.

If this perennial question is not quickly resolved, the consequences could be disastrous to the aspirations of the international community to peace and development.

In Somalia, a whole population has gone through a protracted civil war and famine with hardly any governmental machinery to tackle the situation.

With timely intervention, the United Nations has brought lengthy conflicts to an end and achieved their settlement.

In Peru the danger of social disintegration has been aggravated by a prolonged socio economic crisis, which, fortunately, is being overcome.

Particular refugee groups targeted are ones in protracted situations who chose not to repatriate or who come from extremely volatile and insecure areas and for whom return is not an option.

But around 2015, China will face a third dramatic change a demographic shift reflecting the effects of its long standing one child policy.