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

Protracted situations

In situations where, because of the protracted experience of war, national institutions have been weakened, the rejuvenation of those institutions should be a priority for all international partners.

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

Owing to the protracted civil war, a dearth of economic development, and the absence of vocational schooling in southern Sudan, there is a critical shortage of skilled labour, especially in the construction, building, automotive and communications trades.

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

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

Instead, they have cut back on spending. Gains in inflation adjusted personal consumption expenditure have averaged a mere 0.8 over the past five years the most severe and protracted slowdown in consumer demand growth in the post World War II era.

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

We cannot afford to leave the region s protracted conflicts such as the ones in Nagorno Karabakh and Transnistria on the back burner, as last year s war in Georgia made abundantly clear. People living in these areas need peace and stability, not a fragile

To be sure, any leader must work to extricate his country from a protracted war, so Obama is right to seek an end to this one. But he was not right in laying out his cards in public and emboldening the enemy.

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.

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.

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.

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

We cannot afford to leave the region s protracted conflicts such as the ones in Nagorno Karabakh and Transnistria on the back burner, as last year s war in Georgia made abundantly clear. People living in these areas need peace and stability, not a fragilestatus quo that could suddenly shatter and turn violent.

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.

All of this, according to Reinhart and Rogoff, involves a protracted and pronounced contraction in economic activity. They reckon that the average length of post war crises has been 4.4 years the time it takes for the necessary de leveraging to occur after which the crisis of confidence is over and economic growth revives.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Despite the protracted impasse, of course, there have been some noteworthy inputs to the consideration of the PAROS issue at the CD.

The peace plan for Cambodia in the early 1990 s, for example, dragged the country back from hellish decades of horrifying genocide and ugly and protracted civil war. Likewise, the Chemical Weapons Convention, steered through the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, is still the most robust arms control treaty related to weapons of mass destruction ever negotiated.