Strengthen gender theme groups in countries emerging from conflict.

Nigeria believes that, for post conflict peacebuilding to be effective, it must focus on some key groups and areas in conflict environments.

This has triggered or aggravated conflict among different population groups and has in turn been made more acute as a result of conflict.

We cannot allow key local groups to be sidelined or marginalized in post conflict regions.

Even in conflict situations, traditional entities, communities and civil groups can sometimes play critical roles.

(h) Ad hoc advisory groups on African countries emerging from conflict

The armed groups are rearming and the conflict is spreading outside Darfur.

Women in general formed one of the groups most affected by the conflict and the growing poverty.

(g) To pursue through dialogue and peaceful means an end to conflict with all ethnic groups in Myanmar

Young people state that partnerships should be fostered between organizations working in conflict areas and youth groups to ensure that conflict affected youth, including refugees and internally displaced young people, are supported in the peacebuilding and conflict resolution process.

Women are one of the groups most affected by the conflict and the growing poverty.

We have also had contacts with other parties to the conflict, including the main rebel groups.

It is not a confrontation between religions, but fundamentalist religious groups have severely exacerbated the conflict.

Despite threats and intimidation from extremist groups targeting the electoral process, voter turnout was high even in the most vulnerable conflict areas.

Now, however, a new generation of organized criminal groups is emerging from States embroiled in or emerging from protracted periods of conflict.

These groups have a critical ability to represent grass root concerns in any given conflict and to grant legitimacy and buy in as peacebuilding occurs.

While laws might be in conflict with beliefs, human rights were universal and a consensus was needed in applying them to all religions and religious groups.

The experience of the Economic and Social Council's ad hoc advisory groups on African countries emerging from conflict has demonstrated the central role that post conflict peacebuilding plays in ensuring a smooth transition to stability and development.

The evidence suggests that trafficking in persons, especially women and children, often increases in conflict and post conflict situations, where organized criminal groups take advantage of institutional deficiencies and the weaknesses of state control mechanisms and engage in large scale trafficking operations.

Women's groups, especially those in the vicinity of conflict areas, have an important role to play, especially during the reconciliation, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration processes.

Reviewing the extensive body of new scholarly commentary on the effect of armed conflict on environmental treaties, it is clear that not all environmental treaties react to armed conflict in the same way, and one commentator has categorized them in four distinguishable groups.

21. Underlines the experience of the Economic and Social Council in the area of post conflict peacebuilding and the success of its ad hoc advisory groups on countries emerging from conflict, and invites the Peacebuilding Commission to benefit from it

United Nations agencies, as well as international and non governmental organizations continued their efforts to assist vulnerable groups affected by the conflict.

Where there has been conflict, the minority groups' culture, history and traditions have often been subject to distorted representations, resulting in low self esteem within the groups and negative stereotypes towards members of the group on the part of the wider community.

One view is that our identities are immutable, impermeable, exogenously generated, and intrinsically opposed to one another. This classic us versus them dichotomy leads to sympathy for one s in group and implacable conflict with out groups a bottomless source of conflict throughout history.

(iv) Ad hoc expert groups panel on emerging issues relevant to United Nations development cooperation (1) seminars to promote conflict sensitive strategies (1)

Violence against women in the context of the armed conflict therefore takes second place in the negotiations with paramilitary groups, notwithstanding the right of victims of violence to truth, justice and redress.

(b) Members of the Economic and Social Council, elected from regional groups, giving due consideration to those countries that have experienced post conflict recovery

The Unit is working with the National Commission for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration to address issues related to vulnerable groups affected by the conflict.

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

We realize the sensibilities that raising the issue of displaced persons may arouse, but we cannot forget that populations of displaced civilians are among the most vulnerable groups in conflict situations.

About 20 years ago, I was in South Africa working with the parties in that conflict, and I had an extra month, so I spent some time living with several groups of San Bushmen.

6. The Commission urges that dialogue and negotiations be pursued between the Government of Colombia and all illegal armed groups, aimed at overcoming the situation of violence stemming from the conflict with illegal armed groups and at reaching a lasting peace.

However, in the case of Kashmir, the asymmetric conflict currently fought by proxies and terrorist groups might not degenerate into all out war precisely because India and Pakistan have mutual nuclear deterrence.

The Council carried out an assessment of its ad hoc advisory groups on African countries emerging from conflict, which culminated in the adoption of Council resolution 2004 59 of 23 July 2004.

D) Vulnerable Population Groups and Groups in emergency situations

Experience in the area of resolving conflict situations convincingly shows that there is a direct link between the illegal trafficking in small arms and light weapons and the activities of illegal armed groups, the involvement of child soldiers in conflict, massive violations of human rights and the rules of international humanitarian law, and transborder crime.

Although the Secretary General's 2005 annual report on children and armed conflict (A 59 695) had included Myanmar among the situations of concern, Myanmar was clearly not a country in armed conflict, with 17 major insurgent groups having turned to active cooperation with the Government to develop their regions.

(l) To pursue through dialogue and peaceful means an immediate end to conflict with all remaining ethnic groups with which ceasefire agreements have not yet been signed

(a) delivering humanitarian, political or development assistance in peacebuilding, including in pre conflict, conflict and post conflict situations or

Moreover, officials of armies or armed groups that engage in enlisting children are often known and the theatre of their operations is identifiable, because these are usually well known areas of conflict or tension.

Countries in regions suffering from conflict described particular problems with trafficking in firearms and outlined how amnesty and buy back programmes had been used to stem the flow of arms and disrupt the activities of criminal groups.

Transition groups in Chile, transition groups in the U.S., transition groups here, what they're doing looks very different in every place that you go to.

Such weapons may end up in the hands of groups involved in armed conflicts as well as organized criminal groups and terrorist groups.

Several delegations expressed support for the interpretation that peacebuilding comprised operations undertaken in pre conflict, in conflict and post conflict situations.