Nonetheless, women are often regarded solely as victims of conflict.

Women and children are often the hardest hit victims of conflict.

The number of innocent civilian victims of small arms in conflict and post conflict situations remained very high.

First, it punishes two victims of the conflict southern Sudan and Darfur.

They are, as we all are aware, the primary victims of this conflict.

41. The rules protecting the victims of non international armed conflict are less well developed than those governing international armed conflict.

Although women suffer most as victims of conflict, they are excluded from peace dividends.

There are more refugees, more street children, more innocent victims of conflict than ever before.

Expressing concern further at the plight of amputees and other mutilated victims of the armed conflict,

Many relief personnel have exposed themselves to serious danger in order to help victims of the conflict.

In response, the mayor of Cannes organized a ceremony to commemorate all victims of the French Algerian conflict.

The consequences have been particularly atrocious for the children in the region innocent victims of an immoral conflict.

By means of that resolution the international community chose to see women not merely as victims in conflict situations, but as active participants in conflict resolution and peacebuilding.

The children and victims of conflict in Western Sahara looked to the United Nations to help end their suffering.

Innocent civilians, particularly vulnerable groups such as women and children, have always been the principal victims of armed conflict.

(d) In November 1993, WFP launched a massive relief effort to assist the victims of ethnic conflict in Burundi.

Indeed, in recent years we have observed living conditions deteriorate for many children, especially in conflict zones, where children account for a great proportion of civilian victims of armed conflict.

Through its peacekeeping operations around the world, the United Nations has brought relief and hope to victims in conflict areas.

Given the geopolitical aspects of conflict today, we see that women often suffer and become victims because they are women.

According to its mandate, ICRC will continue to assist victims of the Afghan conflict along its usual principles of action.

In situations of conflict, women, as well as children, become the most tragic victims by virtue of their inherent vulnerability.

1. The construction of a national monument in El Salvador bearing the names of all the victims of the conflict.

Furthermore, their participation in armed conflict has led them to become the perpetrators as well as the victims of atrocities.

Furthermore, as victims of exclusion, vulnerable targets in conflicts, mothers and breadwinners, women have high stakes in conflict prevention, conflict resolution and all issues related to peace and security in society.

It is striking evidence of the changing nature of conflict that civilians are no longer just incidental victims of armed conflict, but have increasingly become targets and even tools in warfare.

Women suffered from violence in private and public life, and women and children were likely to be victims of armed conflict.

Women shoulder the main burden of post conflict problems and are the primary victims of unspeakable sexual and gender based violence.

Women are still underrepresented in peace processes and continue to be the victims of serious human rights violations during armed conflict.

Women are both the primary victims of armed conflicts of all kinds and indispensable participants in the resolution of any conflict.

No one in the world can sleep peacefully in the knowledge of the anguish of the innocent victims of that conflict.

Gravely concerned also about the lack of access by humanitarian personnel to victims of humanitarian emergencies, in particular in armed conflict and in post conflict situations, in many regions of the world,

Frequently the driving motivation is their ideological and political stance, as might be the case for other victims in Colombia s armed conflict.

Similarly, youth are becoming involved in conflict around the world with alarming frequency, either as victims or, just as tragically, as soldiers.

The cost of conflict is heavy not only for its immediate victims but also for those who must pay for its resolution.

Seriously concerned at the growing number of civilian victims of the ongoing conflict since the breakdown of the ceasefire on 27 August 2003,

Ms. Laohaphan (Thailand) said that women remained trapped in poverty and were still frequent victims of HIV AIDS, armed conflict and domestic violence.

Many eyewitnesses and victims of attacks have testified to the close coordination between government forces and militia partners in the conflict in Darfur.

ICRC delegates, based in Kabul, Jalalabad, Mazar i Sharif and Herat, provide assistance and protection to a number of victims of the conflict.

Time is running out for the victims of the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Time is only on the side of the aggressors.

But it will, at least, place the force and prestige of international law squarely on the side of the victims of this conflict.

If impunity for perpetrators of crimes against humanity, however morally repugnant, could protect potential future victims by ending the conflict, accepting such an outcome may well be worth sacrificing a full measure of justice for past victims.

While the human suffering that this conflict causes daily cannot finally be ended without a negotiated settlement, we parties to the conflict and all concerned must see to it that humanitarian assistance reaches innocent victims.

Victims?

In the former Yugoslavia, IOM and UNHCR were collaborating in a special programme that provided victims of the conflict with free medical treatment abroad.

3. The institution of a national holiday in memory of the victims of the conflict and to serve as a symbol of national reconciliation.