While armed conflicts persist, international norms that condemn civilian casualties and demand the preservation of human dignity must respected, and where there are gaps, we must fill them.
Mr. Harries said schools were getting better at working together, but acknowledged that conflicts persist.
Still, conflicts persist.
So why do so many conflicts persist?
Armed conflicts persist and potential political crises lurk; regional instabilities grow more acute; autocratic regimes brutally impose their will, while democratic governance is in decline.
The current number of forcibly displaced persons globally -- estimated to be over 50 million -- is astonishing and is expected to keep rising while war and conflict persist in places where no civilian is left unaffected, including children.
US domestic public concerns about intervening in foreign conflicts persisted from the end of the Vietnam War.
If humans are innately good, cooperative, fair, and averse to harming one another, why does widespread intergroup conflict persist?
Therefore, merely 'staying together' is unlikely to prevent negative outcomes if relationship discord and conflict persist.
Conflict persisted between the smaller Chaga rulers on Kilimanjaro.
Violent conflict persisted, however, before the Ford Motor Company and the UAW finally came to terms in 1941.
