It must be emphasized that peacekeeping operations were ad hoc measures for preventing conflict situations from escalating while ways to resolve the conflict peacefully were being pursued.

With these endeavours, the Greek Cypriot side has demonstrated that it is bent on escalating the conflict rather than resolving it.

The Escalating Arab Wars

And it's an escalating problem too.

The suffering it undergoes daily is escalating.

Post conflict reconstruction is understood as a complex system that provides for simultaneous short , medium and long term programmes to prevent disputes from escalating and to avoid a relapse into violent confrontation.

Nevertheless, the nuclear threat may now be escalating, rather than declining.

Rapid change in eastern Europe has contributed to escalating drug abuse.

Within the country, there are concerns about escalating ethnic and religious differences.

Escalating brutality and the actions of governments have put Arab citizens under immense pressure. Without a change of course, the outcome could easily be further conflict and a new wave of uprisings this time not peaceful.

Women also suffered disproportionately from the effects of escalating civil and ethnic conflicts.

Elsewhere in the Middle East, tensions are either escalating or are brewing dangerously.

The escalating conflict in recent months has resulted in the killing of numerous civilians, including pro governmental figures and progressive mullahs, as well as electoral candidates and workers, people involved in mine clearance and other humanitarian actors.

Yet, the illicit production, trafficking and consumption of narcotic drugs had been escalating steadily.

Escalating globalization is neither a recipe for enhancing global welfare, nor a cure all.

The escalating violence in Iraq gives a bleak impression of that country s prospects. Sectarian conflict seems to be increasing on a daily basis, with militias massacring hundreds of Sunnis and Shiites solely on the basis of their religious identities.

Unresolved boundary issues, squabbles over oil revenues, the ongoing conflict in Darfur, escalating tribal violence in the south and generally weak state capacity across all of Sudan complete a very depressing picture of the state of affairs in Africa's largest country.

Well focused development programmes could lay the groundwork for prevention and help to stem escalating violence.

This survey almost didn t show that the escalating global trade frictions shook the confidence of large manufacturers.

The news of the currently escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territories was therefore highly regrettable and distressing.

Given our good relations with all the key stakeholders in the crisis, Serbia can contribute to the process. Our chief objectives are preventing the crisis from escalating into a larger conflict, ensuring a sustainable political process, and preserving the inclusive and cooperative nature of the OSCE s work.

A dearth of water fuels ethnic strife, as communities begin to fear for their survival and seek to capture the resource. In Darfur, recurrent drought has poisoned relations between farmers and nomadic herdsmen, and the war we are helplessly witnessing today follows years of escalating conflict.

That was the beginning of an escalating U.S. involvement there that we do not pay for at the pump.

My envoys used their good offices in seeking peace agreements or in trying to prevent disputes from violently escalating.

Our debates are unfolding against a backdrop of escalating oil prices, whose worst fallout we may have yet to see.

United Nations staff members continue to face serious and often escalating threats in carrying out their duties in the field.

The international community must shake off its political inertia and take all possible steps to prevent armed conflicts from escalating.

Over the past few decades, Pakistan has been obliged to respond to the escalating steps of proliferation by our neighbour.

Ever since, disagreements within Hamas have been escalating, pitting the movement s Diaspora leadership against the Hamas led Gaza administration, which has openly rejected the unity deal. While personal ambitions certainly play a role in the tensions, what lies at the core is a fundamental conflict over Hamas s character.

During the reporting period, progress was made by the Joint Verification Mechanism and the Tripartite Commission in de escalating regional tensions.

The forces conniving to oppose democracy responded by escalating the breakdown in the constitutional order and the legitimate exercise of power.

With the escalating rates of HIV, the crisis for children will persist for decades, even as prevention and treatment programmes expand.

In view of the escalating cost of disasters, the current response oriented approach must be replaced by prevention and mitigation activities.

The escalating production and acquisition of armaments by some States have created insecurity and instability in several regions of the world.

Second, markets have taken the view that the Russia Ukraine conflict will remain contained, rather than escalating into a full scale war. So, though sanctions and counter sanctions between the West and Russia have increased, they are not causing significant economic and financial damage to the European Union or the US.

Conflict and conflict resolution

I think it's safe to say that all of us here are deeply concerned about the escalating violence in our daily lives.

Those requirements have ramifications for protecting the global climate, ensuring sustainability of energy resources and restraining the escalating spiral of fuel prices.

Also, the pattern of relatively high and escalating tariffs on processed commodities in developed countries acted as a significant barrier to diversification.

The need for food aid has greatly increased due to escalating insecurity and drought, which occurred during the cultivation period in 1997.

United Nations peacekeepers need a way out as well as a way in. They must have the tools to do the job, and clear and effective command. Thirdly, the United Nations needs to be able to act and respond fast. Fast action can prevent a conflict escalating, underpin a fragile truce, save lives.

Women's role in conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post conflict reconstruction

And that rate has been escalating at the same rate as children not walking to school anymore, again, because of our development patterns.

Those incidents clearly demonstrate that there is a real risk of escalating violence and reprisals that could have destabilizing repercussions throughout the region.

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