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We hope that when we apply for funds later, Members will give us their staunch support again.

(e) The direct cause of tensions along the countries’ border are the repeated aggressions committed by the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), particularly its 9th and 10th Divisions.

[...] the long-term standoff between Naypyidaw [...] [...]

At the height of the ex-CNDP mutiny, the Group visited the logistics base in North Kivu on 13 April 2012 to establish the situation regarding arms and ammunition.

[...] [...] acquisition of Power Analog Microelectronics [...] [...]

In this context, They welcomed the overwhelming support received by Non-Aligned Movement’s UNGA resolution 65/66 entitled “Convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament” They urged the UN Secretary-General to make available all necessary technical, financial and human resources to implement the resolution.

In the first nine months of 2011, Chinese fisheries patrol boats have confronted 22 armed vessels of Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam.

The Act defines the term “contingency operation” to include “a military operation that is designated by the Secretary of Defense as an operation in which members of the armed forces are or may become involved in military actions, operations, or hostilities against an enemy of the United States or against an opposing military force”.

Anything less would be confrontational when the legislature has to make a choice between vetoing and rubber-stamping something that is dumped onto their lap at the eleventh hour.

The reality proves that unless the long-held hostile concept of the United States towards the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is rooted out entirely, nothing can be resolved; rather, the confrontation and the risk of conflict will increase.

[...] [...] Scarborough Reef in April 2012.

A good example is that the petroleum giant, Shell, has formed a group with Green Peace and the government of a country, turning a relationship characterized by confrontation to one of partnership.

8.2 The EAC would like to express its gratitude to the following government bureau and departments for their dedicated support and unfailing assistance: Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, CAS, D of J, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, HAD, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong Police Force, Hongkong Post, Housing Department, ICAC, Information Services Department, Lands Department, Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Office of the Government Chief Information Officers, Official Languages Division (of the Civil Service Bureau) and Government Logistics Department.

[...] [...] confrontations between the two sides recently.

Were we able to have some initial discussions with the Executive Council before final decisions are made and announced, the chance of deadlock and confrontation should be reduced.

In addition, children were also killed or maimed as a result of being caught in the crossfire between insurgent groups and military or police forces engaged in combat, or during checkpoints confrontations.

[...] [...] children from opposing factions had [...] [...]

In line with the provisions of the agreement between the Transitional Federal Government and ARS on the cessation of armed confrontation, AMISOM has been able to successfully assist the joint security forces of the two parties in taking control of the areas vacated by the Ethiopian troops.

[...] [...] inter-ethnic standoff into an inter-State [...] [...]

Egypt recalled that the NAM agreed to the possibility for the Council to hold informal briefings, including on emerging human rights situations, as an additional cooperative and less confrontational element to be added to the current system that presently deals with urgent and country situations through either special session, special sittings and agenda item 4 resolutions, provided that there was the consent or non-objection from the State concerned, so as to reinforce the role of the regional groups and avoid confrontation.

In the morning of 15 November, an incident close to Kalagali village provoked the most serious stand-off between Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs and Abkhaz de facto security personnel along the ceasefire line during the reporting period.

The General Assembly also recognized the values of Monsignor Romero and his dedication to the service of humanity in the context of armed conflict through the defence of human rights, protecting lives and promoting human dignity, his constant calls to dialogue and his opposition to all forms of violence, which consequently led to his death on 24 March 1980.

A lot of cases of military confrontation and clashes in the past caused painful casualties, and the economic losses and damages done to fishermen in the north and the south amounted to astronomical figures.

Staged “encounters” in which detained terrorism suspects were killed by security forces, were on the rise, as well; according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, 234 people were killed in police encounters in Punjab province alone.

Secondly, during its violent clashes and military confrontations with rebels in Sa’dah province, the Government of Yemen paid due attention to the safety and security of all citizens and in its military actions acted prudently so as to ensure that there were no victims among the civilian population, especially children.

It was promising that, following the end of the cold war and the termination of the East-West confrontation, some attempts were made by some nuclear-weapon States to reduce their reliance on nuclear weapons and remove the operational status of their nuclear weapons and detarget the particular States.

It is equally evident that policies and measures of imposition and unilateral use of force to address international security and political issues would only result in more tension, confrontation and impasse.

ensuring the right to return constitutes a categorical rejection of the gains of ethnic cleansing ... and offers some measure of justice to those displaced from their homes and land, thereby removing a source of possible future tension and conflict” ( S/2007/643, para. 55).