We have to encourage engagement and to persuade everyone to be part of the process of conflict resolution - to be part of the future.

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"I welcome the fact that the UFF has re-asserted its commitment to the peace process and the removal of conflict from this society, " he said.

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So we've got to get those countries out of conflict before we can get them through the process that gives them the debt relief and allows them to start rebuilding their, their country.

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Only then will this process, this attempt to break the cycle of misery and destitution, conflict and violence, stand a chance of success.

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Late last year a major international environmental group pulled out of the so-called Kimberley Process designed to guarantee that diamonds do not come from conflict zones.

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The conflict is also holding back the normalisation of ties between Armenia and Turkey, a process strongly supported by America.

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It is little surprise that one recent opinion survey, conducted at a time of sharpened tension in the peace process, nonetheless found that Israelis were more worried by this internal conflict between church and state than by the conflict with the Arabs.

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