The Qaddafi regime forces are violating a United Nations resolution ordering the end of hostilities in your country".
In the aftermath of the offensive, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted the UNSC Resolution 762, urging cessation of hostilities in or near the UNPAs, and urging the HV to pull back to positions held before 21 June.
Paris has tabled a draft UN security council resolution which calls for a cessation of hostilities - in an echo of the compromise EU statement - a political agreement involving Israel, Lebanon and Hizbullah and the deployment of a peacekeeping force which would probably be led by France.
More often than not, dialogue leads to sustainable resolutions of conflicts, not just cessation of hostilities, because dialogue recognizes the humanity of "others".
To provide more clarity than the 1973 War Powers Resolution, our statute also defines what types of hostilities would not be considered significant armed conflicts — for example, training exercises, covert operations or missions to protect and rescue Americans abroad.
However, critics note that Resolution 1199 was a call for cessation of hostilities and does not authorize any organization to take military action.
Security Council members Kuwait and Sweden have co-sponsored of a draft resolution calling for a 30-day cessation of hostilities to let aid convoys enter the enclave and deliver the first humanitarian supplies since late last year.
Although he insists that every waking hour is spent fighting to get a second (or 18th, depending on your point of view) United Nations resolution authorising military action against Iraq, the onset of hostilities may come as a relief.
"We have decided to put forward a draft security council resolution on Yemen calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities and a resumption of the political process," Matthew Rycroft said.
"Without the full implementation of resolution 1701, I fear the risk is great for renewal of hostilities," he said.
