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

Protracted situations

Protracted displacement with little hope of solutions in sight remains the situation of millions of displaced persons worldwide.

A protracted hostage situation involving United Nations staff in Kabul was successfully resolved during the months of October and November 2004.

A protracted hostage situation involving United Nations staff in Afghanistan was successfully resolved during the months of October and November 2004.

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

Everything about the man was, indeed, protracted.

Chile is also profoundly concerned at the situation in Haiti resulting from the protracted usurpation of power and the non implementation of the Governors Island agreements.

He carried out a protracted war of national liberation.

Moreover, it is likely to be a protracted performance.

After protracted negotiations, they were rescued by WFP helicopter

Particularly troubling is France's protracted incarceration of pre trial suspects.

Yet high and protracted unemployment plagues many less skilled workers.

They should include more peacebuilding activities, particularly during protracted conflicts.

Many protracted situations remain, with little prospect of early solutions.

Many protracted situations remain, with little prospect of early solutions.

The result of protracted US weakness is also a weaker Europe.

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

One approach to address a protracted refugee situation during the reporting period concerned the Convention Plus initiative to establish a comprehensive plan of action (CPA) for Somali refugees launched in July 2004.

It had been involved in the Convention Plus consultations from the start and was confident that a more systematic and situation specific approach would be a useful tool in solving protracted situations.

The same applies to the protracted negotiations between developed and developing nations.

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

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

A number of protracted conflicts have shown signs of movement towards resolution.

Furthermore, solutions are being found even to the most protracted regional conflicts.

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.

Microsoft s advantage, and its business model, goes back to another protracted legal struggle.

Darfur was a slow onset, protracted crisis rather than a rapid onset emergency.

The protracted recession in the United States continued to affect tourism in Montserrat.

He died of pneumonia in Paris on 6 March 1950 after a protracted illness.

Those protracted conflict situations are terrible problems for the regions in which they linger.

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

The search for clarity should not lead us into a protracted period of confusion.

(b) Acknowledges the importance of comprehensive approaches especially for the resolution of protracted and large scale refugee situations, which incorporate, as appropriate and given the specifics of each refugee situation, voluntary repatriation, local integration and resettlement

The protracted situation of extreme poverty in Burundi compounded with the effects of 11 years of conflict and extensive population displacement, have led to intertwined layers of extreme vulnerability and disparities, especially across and within Burundian provinces.

That means paying down debt and rebuilding savings, leaving consumer demand mired in protracted weakness.

New Zealand was not prepared to continue the protracted and inconclusive process for another decade.

Protracted check ins and check outs reduce the effective stay of UNMOs in the field.

The bidding process, contractual and legal negotiations can also become protracted, resulting in unavoidable delays.

These consultations, pertaining essentially to Part XI, were, no doubt, protracted, and at times difficult.

But currency swings, if too wide and protracted, can hurt competitiveness and require costly resource allocation.

Following protracted development, blue laser diodes operating at 405 nanometers became available on a production basis.

They were aimed at improving Germany's ability to survive a long, protracted war in the West.

Protracted civil conflicts have provoked some of the largest occurrences of forced displacement in recent times.

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