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

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

Many protracted situations remain, with little prospect of early solutions. The situation in Darfur remains of gravest concern.

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.

Protracted situations

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.

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.

(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

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

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

The visit provided an opportunity to further raise interest among donor countries concerning this protracted refugee situation and to clarify a number of points regarding, in particular, issues relating to food distribution, including recurrent breakdowns in the food pipeline.

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

As the Security Council knows and as is normal in any situation of protracted conflict, such as that in Côte d'Ivoire deep seated mistrust among the Ivorian leaders continues to hamper the advance towards the resolution of the Ivorian crisis.

The United Nations needs to reach out more systematically to those regional organizations, and steps should be taken to increase their accountability, particularly in the case of protracted or frozen conflicts, where a situation does not improve or even worsens over the years.

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.

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.

Norway welcomed the High Commissioner's decision to conduct an annual review of all the protracted refugee situations with a view to formulating comprehensive plans of action, when conditions allowed, and stressed that the patience of the international community with regard to the refugee situation was running out.

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.

Protracted refugee situations, which had lasted for more than five years, were a different type of obstacle.

People without income or security fall prey to crime and violence, and often get trapped in protracted conflict.

The protracted nature of the conflict and lack of active hostilities meant that international attention had also faded.

Resettlement was another important solution for refugees, particularly for the many who lived in limbo in protracted situations.

The adoption of section XI of General Assembly resolution 59 276 had been the result of protracted negotiations.

Although the number of conflicts has decreased during the last 10 years, today's conflicts tend to be protracted.

These protracted delays are dangerous and have contributed to a deep uncertainty that continues to affect Côte d'Ivoire.

Mr. Aliyev (Azerbaijan) said that the request of the States Members of the GUAM group had been motivated by the dangerous situation in the Black Sea South Caucasus region, where protracted conflicts that had already been running for 15 to 17 years were affecting the lives of over 16 million people.

However, there have been protracted and dangerous delays in the implementation of other key provisions of the Pretoria Agreement.

Moreover, the protracted negotiations on the draft decision had delayed the adoption of a number of important draft resolutions.

When We bless man, he is disregardful and turns aside but when an ill befalls him, he makes protracted supplications.

When We bless man, he is disregardful and turns aside but when an ill befalls him, he makes protracted supplications.

Burundi had recently emerged from a protracted period of civil war, but recent elections had given the country democratic institutions.

If you think of it, the whole system of public education around the world is a protracted process of university entrance.

These costs might result, for example, from debt relief for countries which may enter the HIPC process or for protracted arrears.

UNHCR must play a mobilizing role in that area and focus greater attention on the necessity of resolving protracted refugee problems.

Unless decisions were taken by consensus, Member States would not support or trust the new body, and negotiations would be protracted.

My delegation therefore believes that the best way to control the arms race is to work on resolving the protracted political problems that have been left to fester in the world, and to convince parties to conflicts to turn to dialogue and to speedily settle their differences by political means before the situation becomes exacerbated.

Investors were originally worried that the protracted legal battle would only further hit the electric car company, which was still losing money.

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

Meanwhile, millions remained trapped in situations of protracted displacement, significantly reducing their ability to exercise the full range of their human rights.

Protracted displacement also characterized a great number of IDP situations, particularly those in south eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and the Middle East.

Of course, the mandates of peacekeeping operations need to be more ambitious. They should include more peacebuilding activities, particularly during protracted conflicts.