Sentences with phrase «armed conflict with»

The South Ossetians and Georgians had been in some low level armed conflict with one another for several weeks before Russia's armed response.

In an effort to reinforce the value of Canadian citizenship, proposed amendments would enable the government to revoke Canadian citizenship from dual citizens for membership in an armed force or organized armed group engaged in armed conflict with Canada, and deny citizenship to permanent residents for the same reasons.

That will bring them into armed conflict with people already living there,» he added.

Selling weapons to an aggressive country you might be involved in an armed conflict with doesn't make sense.

Honduras, after all, was the site of the infamous Soccer War, a four - day armed conflict with neighboring El Salvador that was sparked by contentious qualifying games for the 1970 World Cup.

The effort of the sword corresponds to armed conflict with enemies of the Islamic community in circumstances where believers are persecuted and their freedom curtailed.

Many of these forest areas overlap with historical land claims made by Myanmar's ethnic minority groups who could permanently lose their land, further enflaming decades - old armed conflicts with the national government.

Not exact matches

Sen. Mike Lee, R - Utah, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I - Vt., and Sen. Chris Murphy, D - Conn., introduced a bill in February to withdraw U.S. armed forces from the Yemen conflict, where they have provided limited intelligence and refueling for warplanes.

«And then we have a legal review that says that engaging this target comports with the laws of armed conflict and that engaging in these circumstances is permissible according to those laws, and once we've established all of those things we go to the government of Iraq and ask them for permission to strike that building, and they'll say yes or no, and they do say both, depending on the structure.

«It is an outrage that some nations would not only trade with such a regime, but arm, supply, and financially support a country that imperils the world with nuclear conflict,» Trump said.

But this is setting up a conflict with the customers, no matter how much GMC CEO Brian Kelley says that consumers will welcome with open arms a chance to buy a more advanced system.

The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, Switzerland, appears to be acting as a go - between for Bergdahl and his family, part of its mission is to protect victims of armed conflict and other violent situations and provide them with assistance.

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Johnson focuses on four aspects of contemporary armed conflict that, while not unprecedented, have become special concerns: the legitimacy of intervention, the place of noncombatants, the significance of cultural differences, and procedures for dealing with war crimes and achieving reconciliation after conflict.

The century ended with about 21 million refugees around the globe, including about 6 million internally displaced people and more than 300,000 child soldiers (under the age of 18), girls as well as boys, engaged in armed conflicts.

Over the course of three seasons, the crew also questioned American Imperialism when the crew arms a group of vulnerable primitive aliens with flintlock rifles, possibly sparking generations of conflict, and one cast member even references botched foreign policy «of the early 20th century.»

The president, Col. Moammar Gadhafi, retaliated against protesters with violent attacks, leading to an armed conflict that currently has Gadhafi on the run and the rebels in a tenuous control of Libya.

The organization found that the government officials have gained massive personal fortunes from arms deals, oil and gambling to fuel one of the world's deadliest conflicts that has been happening since 2013 andhas left tens of thousands dead and almost half the country with food insecurity.

Gunpowder forever changed the nature of armed conflict and introduced an era of savage warfare that is with us still.

Armed with conflicting philosophies, every parent tests different approaches to see what ultimately works for the parent and the children.

That change in course is seen by some critics (rightly, I think) as a desire to avoid conflict with Big Food — and its powerful lobbying arm — in the midst of a presidential election year.

That change in course is seen by some critics (rightly, I think) as a desire to avoid conflict with Big Food — and its powerful lobbying arm — in the -LSB-...]

Humanitarian psychologist Aala El - Khani, PhD, with the University of Manchester in the UK, has done extensive work in protecting and restoring mental health to children of families affected by armed conflict.

When legs are kicking, mouths are screaming, and arms are flailing, it's meltdown mode, and no time to try to reason with them or work on problem - solving strategies for the next time a conflict arises.

The seminar showcased two projects led by the Oxford Institute of Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC) that engage with outside actors to leverage humanitarian ethics in humanitarian crises and armed conflArmed Conflict (ELAC) that engage with outside actors to leverage humanitarian ethics in humanitarian crises and armed conflarmed conflicts.

Dr Hugo Slim is a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict where he is working on humanitarian ethics in war and disaster with 12 of the world's leading humanitarian agencies.

The adoption of mass protest over armed conflict is to be welcomed after decades of vicious civil wars, often perpetrated by small groups of armed men with no broad - based political agenda and little desire to shape one.

Speaking during the programme, the Executive Secretary of NHRC Mr. Tony Ojukwu said, the training programme was aimed at broadening and equipping the security personnel who were directly involved in the ongoing counter insurgency and counter terrorism operations in the North East with the fundamental principles of Human Rights as well as Rules of Engagement in line with the acceptable local and international laws and principles of arms conflicts.

Turkey's military coups 1993 — Claims of a «covert coup» intended to prevent a peace settlement with the Kurdistan Workers» Party (PKK) 1980 — Military coup following armed conflict between right - wing and left - wing groups in the 1970s 1971 — Military coup known as the «coup by memorandum», which the military delivered instead of sending out tanks 1960 — Coup by group of young military officer outside chain of command, against the democratically - elected Democrat Party

So the second set features three volumes — Conflict and Crisis, Rights and Justice, and Poverty and Development — that roughly translate into peace, development and human rights, but that take a broader view of what these areas encompass, with issues such as arms control, humanitarian assistance and transitional justice covered.

The groundbreaking news reached me when I was in Bogotá in a meeting with the head of the Colombian Army: after more than 50 years of armed conflict, and four years of negotiations, the Colombian government and the leftist guerrilla group, the FARC, have reached a final peace agreement.

«Nigerian authorities have made a commitment to make schools safer and more resilient to attack, and UNICEF stands with them to implement the Safe Schools Declaration, by which Nigeria commits to protecting schools and universities from violence and military use during armed conflict.»

And, we could kiss ME oil goodbye, and all the headaches and terrorism and armed conflicts that come with that.

(2) Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfil the following conditions: (a) that of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates; (b) that of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance; (c) that of carrying arms openly; (d) that of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.

While all combatants are obliged to comply with the rules of international law applicable in armed conflict, violations of these rules shall not deprive a combatant of his right to be a combatant or, if he falls into the power of an adverse Party, of his right to be a prisoner of war, except as provided in paragraphs 3 and 4.

The 20 - page Tomlinson Report, which Business Secretary Vince Cable has passed to the Financial Conduct Authority, details what is terms a conflict of interest in the lender's relationship with small firms and its property arm West Registery.

Though a governor, unlike a president or member of Congress, has virtually no influence on foreign affairs, the state's political class with near unanimity supports Israel in its armed conflicts.

To examine how the availability of food may have affected armed conflict in Africa, the study relies on PRIO - Grid data from over 10,600 grid cells in Africa from 1998 to 2008, new agricultural yields data from EarthStat and Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset, which documents incidents of political violence, including those with and without casualarmed conflict in Africa, the study relies on PRIO - Grid data from over 10,600 grid cells in Africa from 1998 to 2008, new agricultural yields data from EarthStat and Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset, which documents incidents of political violence, including those with and without casconflict in Africa, the study relies on PRIO - Grid data from over 10,600 grid cells in Africa from 1998 to 2008, new agricultural yields data from EarthStat and Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset, which documents incidents of political violence, including those with and without casualArmed Conflict Location and Event Dataset, which documents incidents of political violence, including those with and without casConflict Location and Event Dataset, which documents incidents of political violence, including those with and without casualties.

Imagine the amount of conflict they could help to de-escalate when armed with the proper yogic tools.

Season 2 was more subtle and was a good examination of conflict tearing people apart, the characters were developing and were interesting, they have now turned into soundbite gimps, the creators have severely erred in trying to reconcile a fictional conflicts of a biker gang with a real world conflict of the IRA without any attempt to create even an iota a sense of realism or use skillful tact, (its difficult to see how a biker gang could make such in roads to the IRA when whole arms of government have tried and failed) The outcome of which is to turn a decent and interesting show into farce.

Armed with the latest modern weaponry, players can take control of any of the game's 30 + vehicles to engage in major conflicts with over 100 players in some of the largest online battles on the PC.

Armed with the latest modern weaponry, players can take control of any of the game's 30 + vehicles to engage in major conflicts with over

From a young age, Spenser Stone and Alek Skarlatos are fascinated with war history, arm conflicts and guns.

This meticulously constructed armed conflict procedural jumps into the morally ambivalent battle lines between Denmark and Afghanistan, where commander Claus M. Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk) is stationed with his company.

Who: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Mel Gibson and Harrison Ford What: Barney and his team come into conflict with ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks, the Expendables» co-founder, who is determined to destroy the team.

The Expendables 3 Director: Patrick Hughes Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Jet Li, Jason Statham Synopsis: Barney and his team, known as «The Expendables», come into conflict with ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks, the Expendables» co-founder, who is determined to destroy the team.

He is welcomed by the fellas with open arms, quickly becoming one of them, although he is becoming increasingly conflicted between his duty as a police officer and wanting to protect his friends within the crime family from getting killed, whether by the cops, rival gangs, or within their own unit.

He's hired by a cruel Mexican governor (Pedro Armendáriz) to carry out an arms deal that takes him to Texas, where his refusal to help hunt Apaches puts him in conflict with a U.S. Army major (Gary Merrill)-- and into the orbit of the major's unhappy wife (Julie London).

Bilal aligns with this new movement and its followers, now powerful enough to warrant a military response from entrenched interests, leading to armed conflict.

I'm convinced that there's already a latent melancholy in the picture, but armed with just a gloss of Camp David, the Israeli / Egyptian conflict, suddenly all of the picture's travails — being shut out of the Cairo film festival and, at the last minute, the Abu Dhabi fest as well — take on this terrible weight of irony and hopelessness.