The individual polities of modern Orthodox churches (e.g., Greek or Russian) are distinguished according to the amount of state participation in the settlement of ecclesiastical questions.
On Feb. 4, 1922, during the Washington Conference, a treaty for the settlement of outstanding questions pertaining to Shandong was finally signed by China and Japan, in which the Japanese agreed to withdraw their troops from Shandong.
The Congress of Vienna (1814 15), in its general settlement of territorial questions after the Napoleonic Wars, ordained that Neuchâtel (or Neuenburg) should have a dual status: it was to be a canton of the reorganized Swiss Confederation and, at the same time, a hereditary principality belonging personally to the king of Prussia but separate from the Prussian kingdom.
In the name of womanhood and of humanity, I earnestly ask that a general congress of women without limit of nationality may be appointed and held at some place deemed most convenient and at the earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote the alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement of international questions, the great and general interests of peace.
And then he spoke plain truth: "You had better — all of you people of the South — prepare yourselves for a settlement of this question.
In his November report to the General Assembly and the Security Council on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, Secretary-General Annan cautioned that the situation had deteriorated, undermining many of the past achievements of the peace process.
These include signs that the authorities in Jakarta are more committed to a settlement of the Aceh question than before.
There will be no end to the vicious circle of escalating violence without a political settlement of the Palestine question.
What we need is less symbolism and more diplomatic heavy-lifting aimed at a practical settlement of the Tibet question.
His settlement of the Bechuanaland question was also soon threatened, for the deputy commissioner in the new area antagonized the Boers.
