He invokes the undue prolongation qualifier in article 5, paragraph 2 (b), of the Optional Protocol.

Stressing the importance of non intervention and non interference in the internal affairs of Afghanistan, and deeply concerned at all forms of continued external support, which is causing the prolongation and intensification of the conflict,

A short prolongation of the time to complete an Multilateral Fund contract was seen as important in particular circumstances, where necessary, for Article 5 (1) Parties that had accelerated phase out agreements with the Multilateral Fund.

4.6 The State party considers that in cases of very minor offences the establishment of a review procedure in a higher court is self defeating, in view of the cost incurred and the unnecessary prolongation of proceedings.

The source believes that the failure to comply with the procedural time limits has resulted in an illegal prolongation of the deprivation of liberty of Mr. Morales Hernández for more than four years, thus making his detention arbitrary.

And clearly, the lesson which I think we must learn from the excessive and sometimes frustrating prolongation of this phase of negotiations on negotiations certainly cannot be that we should abandon the process and, for example, have recourse to a formula such as putting the Conference into recess.

He rejected recent allegations that countries affected by the protracted armed conflict used the refugees as pawns, and stressed that it was lack of political will to address the root causes of displacement that had led to the prolongation of the armed conflict and the continued occupation of parts of his country.

The State party argues that the exception to the rule of exhaustion of domestic remedies, i.e. unreasonable prolongation of remedies does not apply in the present case, since, given the dates of the above mentioned decisions, and considering the complexity of the case and the necessary research, the application of domestic remedies has not been unreasonably prolonged.

1. The continental shelf of a coastal State comprises the seabed and subsoil of the maritime areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance.