On the pro side is the fact that the Golan has been the most peaceful area of the Middle East for the last 20 years.

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In 1959, Twelve nations signed the Antarctic Treaty preserving the area for peaceful purposes and scientific research.

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Bunia is now relatively peaceful but the surrounding area is not.

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Now this area is far more peaceful thanks to a disarmament exercise - a staggering 10, 000 guns were collected in this county alone.

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Ulster Unionist Party councillor Mark Cosgrove said a union flag protest which had been held in the area two hours earlier had been peaceful.

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The separate Climate Camp in the City, an occupation of a major road, was entirely peaceful - but highly disruptive for anyone in the area.

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The aim of this Chair is to support science education as a channel for peace in a conflict-affected area and to provide young women and men with peaceful means to reach their full potential beyond and despite their difficult environment, in ways that promote dialogue and cooperation.

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Almost at once the area was thronged with wealthy British tourists, who saw in these peaceful, grand valleys the bucolic idyll they had lost in smoky, crowded Britain.

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