We believe that belligerent armed groups also bear that responsibility.

The Thai army abandoned its neutral posture and became increasingly belligerent.

It is modified, however, by the law of neutrality a set of enabling rules which give greater freedom to belligerent States and impose considerable duties of abstention on non belligerent Powers.

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

Despite this important contribution, the status of co belligerent was not granted to Romania.

While, in relations between belligerents, the less stringent prohibitions of the laws of war replace those of the law of peace, the changes in relations between belligerent and non belligerent Powers are less drastic.

This holds true in particular for the relations between a belligerent State and third States.

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

Others had opposed the introduction of references to the inequality of belligerent parties in the draft articles.

One of the universally recognized practices is that a belligerent party takes the initiative to terminate belligerency.

We have nothing against Hamas we are against their belligerent policies, which service in government has not changed.

See also Delbrück, supra note 6, at 1370 (concluding that treaties between belligerent and neutral States remain in force as a matter of course, since the commencement of war does not directly affect the legal relations between a belligerent and a neutral State ).

In consultation with UNOCI, intervene against belligerent actions, if the security conditions so require, outside UNOCI's areas of deployment,

As a result of it, the belligerent relationship between our Republic and the United Nations has not yet been removed.

Peace treaties and other international agreements were concluded with former belligerent States, and the obligations assumed were fully and sincerely implemented.

Moreover the ambit of the concept of an armed conflict does not march comfortably with the dichotomy of belligerent and neutral.

It is believed that these treaties survive a war, whether all the contracting parties or only some of them are belligerent.

Second, the Court of Paris held that hostilities create a changed circumstance creating special rights and duties for the belligerent State.

The Iraqi regime, judging by its belligerent acts and attitudes, is still a threat to peace and security in the region.

The presence of insurgent or terrorist sanctuaries in non belligerent countries is one of the most intractable, explosive issues in international relations.

At the same time, opposition was expressed to the introduction of references to the inequality of belligerent parties in the draft articles.

The current political climate and the deepening loss of mutual confidence between the belligerent forces required reinvigorated efforts at mediation and suasion.

Violence would not stop before the elimination of its causes the belligerent, prolonged and unjustified occupation and colonization of the Palestinian territory.

What is needed is to find a less belligerent, more liberal way to promote democracy, stressing international cooperation instead of blunt military force.

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

As provided in the Pretoria Agreement, a meeting between the belligerent armed forces was convened in Bouake from 14 to 16 April 2005.

quot Nothing in the new instrument should create the implication that United Nations or associated personnel constitute a legitimate target for belligerent action.

Given Hamas s belligerent ideology, any change in the West s approach towards Hamas in the aftermath of successful Palestinian dialogue in Cairo would be difficult.

China does not want a nuclear or belligerent North Korea, but it is even more concerned about a failed state collapsing on its border.

However, I must obtain from the Khmer leaders of the two belligerent parties an unconditional and lasting cease fire throughout the territory of Cambodia.

This first meeting enabled the two belligerent forces to resume dialogue in order to set a date for the start up of the DDR process.

The ex belligerent forces agreed to start the withdrawal of heavy weapons along the frontline as from 21 April 2005 up to 24 April 2005.

The quiet dignity of the protests that followed did more for Iran s standing in the world than any amount of belligerent posturing by a populist president.

In a country that regards itself as a civilized counterweight to belligerent American hegemony, nearly half of all prisoners have never been convicted of a crime.

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.

We reaffirm the primary obligation borne by belligerent parties whether States or non State actors to provide civilians with the protection required under international humanitarian law.

Even though the status of co belligerent was not granted to Romania, no one has ever contested the strategic value and political importance of these sacrifices.

OIOS noted examples when prompt and decisive intervention by senior UNMOs with commanders of belligerent detachments allowed the extraction of UNMOs under fire and in hostage situations.

More recently the term reprisals' has been limited to action taken in time of international armed conflict i.e., it has been taken as equivalent to belligerent reprisals.

As all but the most belligerent critics of US President George W Bush will acknowledge, America has taken an important lead in trying to make things marginally better.

In the 1930 s, it was the autocratic and belligerent governments of Germany and Japan that could derive the most capital from the failure of the London conference.

During the reporting period, no violations of the ceasefire were reported, and there were no major violations of the zone of confidence by either of the belligerent forces.

They mostly attributed this to an increased involvement of the civilian population in conflicts and to the fact that belligerent forces were less willing to negotiate and compromise.

Multilateral economic conventions creating unions with bureaus, such as the postal and telecommunications unions, continued in force throughout the war, with belligerent, allied and neutral States as parties

But a quot peace agreement quot implies negotiation between two belligerent groups considered to be equal equal not only militarily but also from a moral and ethical standpoint.