Many carry the burden of recent devastation and continuing ethnic strife.

Many nations bear the burden of recent devastation and ethnic strife.

About half of the world s states have experienced some inter ethnic strife.

The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina is neither a civil strife nor an ethnic conflict.

Instability ethnic and religious clashes ethnic and regional separatism internal political strife they have all reached tragic levels in the post Soviet areas.

Ethnic rivalry and minority strife threaten the stability and security of many parts of the world.

59. The mission area covers five different countries with pronounced political, ethnic and religious strife within the region.

The world seems to be drawn daily into an expanding pattern of regional conflict, ethnic strife and internal violence.

Meanwhile nationalism, xenophobia and neo fascism are on the rise, leading to racial and ethnic tensions and growing civil strife.

quot ... the cohesion of States is threatened by brutal ethnic, religious, social, cultural and linguistic strife quot . (A 47 277, para. 11)

I am concerned about the potential for escalation of inter and intra communal tensions into ethnic or sectarian strife and the regional ramifications thereof.

34. Mr. AKPLOGAN (Benin) said that massive numbers of people were being displaced every day by civil wars and ethnic, tribal or religious strife.

The resulting emergence of violence could be felt in the home, in the streets and politically, often taking the form of ethnic or religious strife.

At the same time, there is little doubt that today we are facing fewer global risks, despite local conflicts, intolerance and racial and ethnic strife.

Underdevelopment creates poverty, hunger, malnutrition, environmental degradation and so on, collectively leading to civil strife, ethnic conflicts and, eventually, the collapse of peace and security.

Humanitarian protection through resettlement for vulnerable refugee groups in Africa remains the priority consideration of UNHCR under the present circumstances of civil strife and ethnic warfare.

It is to us a matter of deep regret that in the former Yugoslavia, instability, strife and war based on ethnic and religious differences continue unabated.

Ethnic strife and wars have taken more lives in the last year than comprise the entire population of my country and several other CARICOM States combined.

But the horrors of ethnic strife, which are a reality in Eastern Europe today, clearly demonstrate that scientific advancement has nothing to do with moral progress.

Antagonisms with roots which go back in time have exploded into situations of conflict and civil strife, exposing a heritage of ethnic, religious and tribal animosities.

Let all strife cease.

Sadly, many societies had been torn apart by inter ethnic strife which had produced enormous numbers of cross border refugees or displaced persons within their own countries.

A wrathful man stirreth up strife but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

2. The Ministers also noted that these phenomena can lead to violence, secessionism by the use of force and ethnic strife and, in their worst instances, to the barbaric practices of mass deportation, ethnic cleansing and violence against innocent civilians.

Secondly, an internecine strife is under way, aggravated by ethnic and religious conflict, with the result that intergroup hatred takes the form of ethnic cleansing, genocide, mass rape and other manifestations of large scale and widespread breaches of human rights.

Globally, young people feel that they are extremely vulnerable to armed conflict, whether caused by civil strife, drug wars or ethnic hostilities, the last sometimes being transmitted intergenerationally.

The city of Mostar, ravaged by inter ethnic strife not long ago, now offers an example of integration between different communities that are gradually learning to live together.

The recent dramatic increase in natural and man made disasters and civil and ethnic strife has made an effective and coordinated response by the international community absolutely essential.

The dual spectre of violence and starvation because of drought and civil and ethnic strife is threatening many millions in Rwanda, Burundi, Zaire, Liberia, southern Sudan and Somalia.

At present, only three African countries1 are engaged in major conflict, although a number of others are experiencing civil strife of a lower intensity, involving ethnic and religious violence.

Today the Department, headed by Mr. Peter Hansen, is coordinating humanitarian assistance to over 30 million people affected by ethnic and civil strife or prolonged drought in 29 countries.

The recent dramatic increase in natural and man made disasters and civil and ethnic strife has demonstrated the need for more effective and coordinated responses by the international community.

The report of the Secretary General notes a dramatic increase (A 49 177, para. 1) in emergencies involving civil and ethnic strife and the flagrant disregard for human rights.

Foreign dominance led to internal strife.

Torn by hatred and civil strife.

These problems range from unemployment to overpopulation, terrorism and ethnic strife all in a narrow highway that affects stability in the region and beyond, thus threatening the future of millions.

Moreover, the proliferation of regional conflicts underscored the fact that strife, whether ethnic or religious, was a symptom of socio economic instability resulting from poverty, disease, unemployment and inadequate education.

Mr. SHAMBOS (Cyprus) The world community finds itself at the crossroads between peaceful coexistence and development, on the one hand, and relapse into ethnic strife and political fragmentation, on the other.

While Egypt tore herself in civil strife.

Armed conflicts, acts of aggression and violence, terror, interference in the internal affairs of States, ethnic strife, civil wars, hunger, disease and poverty are the major threats to international peace and security.

We are fully aware that even as this explosion in technology seems to link all countries in the embrace of a globalized media culture, it feeds old parochialisms, nationalism and ethnic strife.

Sadly, it is anticipated that more civil strife and many more ethnic and religious conflicts will occur in the near future and that the United Nations will be called on to help.

Our world has witnessed in the last few years the creation of new areas of tension and conflict through the unleashing of the destructive and centrifugal forces of chauvinism and ethnic strife.

Eventually, after decades of strife, outside mediation helped.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.