He supported in principle the idea of a council composed of the warring parties, neutral parties and independent personalities.

True and real peace has to spring from within the warring parties, replacing animosity.

Three demobilization centres, one for each of the warring parties, were opened on that day.

Formerly warring parties in southern Sudan have signed a peace accord and entered a period of reconciliation.

During his papacy the Church played a key role in bringing together warring parties to achieve reconciliation.

A peace deal between warring parties was reached in 1995 leading to Taylor's election as president in 1997.

2. Stresses that the responsibility for the humanitarian crisis lies with all warring parties, in particular with the Taliban

Warring parties start to negotiate seriously only if and when they know that other alternatives are out of reach.

Only in that way will it be possible to determine whether or not warring parties have complied with humanitarian conventions.

Road supply bridges are often severed and closed for up to 14 days at a time by the warring parties.

During the past year, my Government has made clear its concern about the upsurge in fighting among the warring Afghan parties.

To be sure, there are many reasons to be pessimistic about the willingness of Syria s warring parties to engage in serious negotiations.

The warring parties habitually use the rape of women as a weapon of war, so as to humiliate and terrorize the population.

Most post cold war conflicts are civil wars in which front lines are not always clear and warring parties not easily identified.

UNHCR apos s Open Relief Centres (ORC) in Sri Lanka have become havens of safety, accepted and respected by both warring parties.

(c) The civilian massacres involving reprisal killings and summary executions following, in recent years, the taking and retaking of particular areas by warring parties

I waned to propose an ideal in Lebanon that rely on the contrast between warring sects, hat do not belong to Secs or Parties

The advisory group felt that the quickest way to establish a transitional government would be for an authoritative council, composed of the warring parties, neutral parties, and independent personalities, to appoint it directly.

10. With effect from 5 August 1994, therefore, the Head of the special mission focused his efforts on trying to bring together the warring parties.

It argued that the proposed cease fire should be based on an agreement between the warring parties that would be brokered by the United Nations.

Instead, the talks with the Russians seem to have run aground on the question of calling a conference among the warring parties to agree on elections.

Past experience has shown that respect for human rights is a prerequisite for mutual trust between warring parties to ignore them would be a tragic mistake.

In these meetings, the Afghan advisers often challenged the basic assumptions that the warring parties had used to justify their positions with regard to the conflict.

A ceasefire agreement between the warring parties the Bougainville Revolutionary Army and Papua New Guinea was signed in 1998, followed three years later by a peace agreement.

The prospect that the warring parties in Croatia will resume hostilities also cannot be discounted, particularly if the present opportunity for peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina is lost.

Any other option is fraught with risks with unforeseeable consequences, not only to the warring parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but to the international community as a whole.

20. The Quetta process also included discussions with the representatives of the warring parties, who met not only with the special mission but also with its Afghan advisers.

This would be a strong incentive to go to Geneva. Warring parties start to negotiate seriously only if and when they know that other alternatives are out of reach.

On some occasions refugees, having fled from disturbances in their own country, have found themselves in the midst of a conflict between warring parties in their country of refuge.

These consultations also brought to light the need for, and the possibility of holding, a joint preliminary meeting of the warring parties in order to further the peace process.

21. Towards the end of the meeting at Quetta, the special mission and some of the Afghan advisers met with representatives of the warring sides and the neutral parties.

It is therefore paramount that humanitarian assistance continue to flow unhindered and be provided to all civilian populations, especially those under siege, without hindrance from any of the warring parties.

Yugoslavia is ready to accept any solution agreed to by the warring parties on the basis of full equality and respect of the legitimate rights of all three Bosnian peoples.

Instead of pursuing their fruitless quest to achieve power by force of arms, the leaders of the warring parties should agree to devote their energies to the search for peace.

We urge the warring parties to abandon the use of force as a means of solving their disputes and to submit them to the internationally recognized peaceful means of settlement.

We therefore once again appeal to all parties to the conflict, especially the leaders of the warring parties, to agree on an immediate cease fire and to support the special mission apos s efforts to facilitate the process of national rapprochement.

Because it bordered the desert, Gaza was vulnerable to warring nomadic groups.

Main roads, which are often the boundaries between warring factions, are closed.

Although MONUC has established a humanitarian zone between the warring parties to allow the distribution of aid, the situation is a worrying one with serious consequences for the human rights situation.

The international community would therefore be well advised to establish the reasons why members of a certain nationality decide to leave regions under the control of one of the warring parties.

In a statement on 7 September, I noted with regret that the efforts to convene a joint meeting of the warring factions and leaders of the neutral parties had not been successful.

It was part of the kingdom of Zhao in the Warring States period.

At present, 1 million residents of the city are stranded between warring factions.

There is also a need to continue to exert pressure on the warring parties to make them fulfil their obligations and to ensure that they arrive at a political settlement of the conflict.

The special mission apos s purpose was to move the warring parties towards a cease fire and to ascertain from them their views on and intentions towards the implementation of resolution 918 (1994).