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But furious unionists warned the rush to demilitarise would delay devolution.

Significant progress was also made with the decision to demilitarise the police.

Obviously, the Shia movement left in Southern Lebanon is not going to demilitarise.

Nor will it demilitarise the town, essential if the militia war is to be ended.

No one in this world is going to invest time here unless they see the country demilitarise and demobilise.

In the coha, the parties agreed to a ceasefire, to demilitarise Aceh, to hold elections in Aceh, and to review Indonesia's autonomy law.

Both men this week said they would be willing to demilitarise an area in the south to help talks begin, as demanded by the guerrillas.

The Council again voiced concern at support for the negative forces in the east of the DRC and the failure to demilitarise the town of Kisangani.

As for Kaliningrad, is it not in the interests of all parties to start to find ways to demilitarise this last vestige of the Cold War in Europe?

Both India and Pakistan continue to deploy thousands of troops in the vicinity of Siachen and attempts to demilitarise the region have been so far unsuccessful. Prior to 1984, neither country had any military forces in this area. Aside from the Indian and Pakistani military presence, the glacier region is unpopulated.

Michaud pp. 105-106 In 1908, the municipal council began negotiations with the war ministry, resulting in two treaties ratified in 1912 to entirely demilitarise the fortifications, the first legal step towards their demolition.Michaud p. 108 On 19 April 1919, there was a vote on the laws to permit the demolition of the enceinte fortifications.

This "secret" wartime project became the civilian Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and later the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). BAS is responsible for most of the United Kingdom's scientific research in Antarctica. In the 1950s, the Antarctic Treaty was negotiated to demilitarise the region and retain Antarctica – defined as all land and ice shelves south of 60°S latitude – for peaceful research purposes. The treaty was passed in 1961.

Attempts to demilitarise the disputed regions had been tried, but in the aftermath of insurrections in Peru, forces were deployed into the disputed region, on the then Colombian side of the border. Domestic opinion in Colombia responded aggressively and demanded a response. In practice, the region was sufficiently remote that this proved difficult. After some desultory fighting both sides signed the Rio de Janeiro Protocol, reaffirming the previous border agreements.

The Treaty of Versailles stipulated that Germany must relinquish several of its territories and demilitarise the Rhineland. The treaty imposed economic sanctions and levied large reparations on the country. Many Germans perceived the treaty—especially Article 231, which declared Germany responsible for the war—as a humiliation. The Versailles Treaty and the economic, social, and political conditions in Germany after the war were later exploited by Hitler for political gains.

Bikram Singh for the post of Chief of Army Staff. The couple opposed the establishment of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu. For his seminar-circuit efforts to demilitarise and denuclearize South Asia, and his efforts to prevent the building of the Kudankulam reactor, Ramdas was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for peace in 2004. Ramdas is also a keen sports person, enjoying cricket, golf and yachting.

Churchill met Roosevelt at the Second Quebec Conference (codename Octagon) from 12 to 16 September 1944. Between themselves, they reached agreement on the Morgenthau Plan for the Allied occupation of Germany after the war, the intention of which was not only to demilitarise but also de-industrialise Germany. Eden strongly opposed it and was later able to persuade Churchill to disown it. US Secretary of State Cordell Hull also opposed it and convinced Roosevelt that it was infeasible.

His later address at the summit of Montejurra, which caused enormous resistance among the Traditionalists, was most likely written by someone else, Caspistegui Gorasurreta 1997, p. 89 Requeté guard of honour at Montejurra, 1960s San Cristobál proposed to decentralise Caspistegui Gorasurreta 1997, p. 98 and demilitarise the organisation, San Cristobál demanded that local juntas be formalized on all lower levels. He also launched preparations to political instruction classes ("cursos de formación"), and asked to create delegates for sports and infantile sub-sections.

The Company forcibly put down this uprising during 1897, and afterwards took significant steps to demilitarise the tribal population and improve relations with the local chiefs. Small pockets of Mashona unrest continued sporadically until 1903, but peace endured in Matabeleland. Including both theatres, the Chimurenga has been estimated to have taken around 8,450 lives; roughly 8,000 blacks died, and about 450 whites, of whom 372 were locally based settlers. The rest were soldiers in Company or British service from outside Rhodesia.

Clemenceau had told the Chamber of Deputies, in December 1918, that his goal was to maintain an alliance with both countries. Clemenceau accepted the offer, in return for an occupation of the Rhineland for fifteen years and that Germany would also demilitarise the Rhineland. French negotiators required reparations, to make Germany pay for the destruction induced throughout the war and to decrease German strength. The French also wanted the iron ore and coal of the Saar Valley, by annexation to France.

Politički zatvorenik Retrieved 16 January 2012 Under communism Dubrovnik became part of the Socialist Republic of Croatia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. After the second world war, the city started to attract crowds of tourists - even more after 1979, when the city joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. The growth of tourism also led to the decision to demilitarise the Old Town of Dubrovnik. The income from tourism was pivotal in the post-war development of the city, including its airport.

Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council expressed satisfaction that there was general observance of the ceasefire. It demanded that the Front de Libération du Congo disengage and redeploy in accordance with previously agreed plans and commitments made to the Security Council mission that visited the region. The Council again demanded that Ugandan, Rwandan and other foreign forces immediately withdraw from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There was concern that military operations had taken place in the Kivus and the Rally for Congolese Democracy was urged to demilitarise Kisangani.

After Vladislav Ardzinba's re-election as President, Viacheslav Tsugba was appointed Prime Minister on 20 December 1999. Tsugba's time as Prime Minister was marked by a relative thawing of tensions between Abkhazia and Georgia. While Tsugba, like all the other Prime Ministers, strongly opposed any idea of reunification with Georgia, and highly criticised cross-border raids by Georgian paramilitaries, he managed to demilitarise the conflict to a degree. This was highlighted by an agreement signed in July 2000, where both sides agreed not to settle the conflict by force.

By the time of the resignation of the French Prime Minister Paul Reynaud on 16 June, it was obvious that Germany victory in the Battle of France was inevitable. In the Channel Islands, civilians worried about the consequences of remaining on the Islands but, to avoid panic, were told by the authorities to stay put. Senior officials were ordered to stay in order to maintain order and to keep the Government functioning. On the 15th of June, the British government decided to demilitarise the Islands, evacuating the British garrisons and leaving them undefended.

Attacks by armed gangs, robbery, looting and black-marketing were commonplace and the military police could not cope with this troubling security situation. So each of the Western Allies quickly permitted the formation of civilian police forces, including small numbers of heavily armed and military like organised police forces, in Western Germany under terms that reflected their own police structures and traditions. In all three Western zones, the emphasis was to decentralise, demilitarise and democratise the police. Some restrictions were lifted as Cold War tensions grew and certain police functions necessitated central rather than local direction.

Like other German nationalists, he believed the Dolchstoßlegende (stab-in-the-back myth), which claimed that the German army, "undefeated in the field", had been "stabbed in the back" on the home front by civilian leaders, Jews, Marxists, and those who signed the armistice that ended the fighting—later dubbed the "November criminals". The Treaty of Versailles stipulated that Germany had to relinquish several of its territories and demilitarise the Rhineland. The treaty imposed economic sanctions and levied heavy reparations on the country. Many Germans saw the treaty as an unjust humiliation–they especially objected to Article 231, which they interpreted as declaring Germany responsible for the war.

When the government on 10 July learned that the armistice was not yet put into effect in Somaliland, President Philippe Pétain sent General Gaëtan Germain as his personal representative to correct the situation. Germain arrived at Asmara on 14 July. On 19 July the local conseil d'administration (administrative council) voted unanimously (with the exception of Legentilhomme) to remain loyal to Pétain's collaborationist government at Vichy. Germain then negotiated the resignation of Legentilhomme and convinced the armistice commission then being set up that it was inadvisable and impractical to demilitarise French Somaliland, in which approximately 8,000 soldiers (with tanks and airplanes) thus remained on guard.

Another reason India declined Dixon's proposals for a limited plebiscite was that India wanted to keep its own troops in Kashmir during the plebiscite, claiming they were necessary for "security reasons", but at the same time India did not want any Pakistani troops to remain. This contradicted the Dixon plan which had stipulated that neither India nor Pakistan would be permitted to retain troops in the plebiscite zone. Dixon felt that India would not agree to demilitarisation and other provisions governing the plebiscite that guard against influence and abuse. In the absence of Indian demilitarization, the Pakistanis and the Azad forces were unwilling to demilitarise the territory under their administration.

A new ceasefire came into effect on November 3. Prime Minister Karami then tried to demilitarise the Hotel district, but the Phalangists and the NLP Tigers refused to vacate their positions at the Holiday Inn, St Georges, Phoenicia Inter-Continental and neighbouring buildings until the Muslim militiamen who occupied the Murr Tower had been replaced by ISF Gendarmes. Although Karami did manage to persuade the Al- Mourabitoun leader Ibrahim Kulaylat to withdraw his fighters from the Murr Tower, no identical move was ever made by the Phalange militiamen who remained at their positions. Another ceasefire was called on November 8, but it began to break down ten days later as sporadic and occasionally heavy fighting erupted throughout the country.

United Nations Security Council resolution 1130, adopted unanimously on 29 September 1997, after reaffirming Resolution 696 (1991) and all subsequent resolutions on Angola, particularly Resolution 1127 (1997), the Council, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, suspended the enactment of travel restrictions against UNITA until 00:01 EST on 30 October 1997. The Council stressed that UNITA comply with the provisions in Resolution 1127, noting that further non-compliance would leave the Council to consider the imposition of additional measures against it. UNITA was required to demilitarise its troops, complete the transformation of its radio station Vorgan into a non-partisan broadcasting station, and extend the authority of the state to the areas controlled by it.

Following the Italian declaration of war on 10 June, the British fleet began operations against Italian positions throughout the Mediterranean. By late June, Ramillies was occupied with escorting convoys in the Mediterranean in company with Royal Sovereign and the aircraft carrier . In early July, after France had surrendered to Germany and while Britain sought to neutralise the French battleships in the Mediterranean lest they be seized by Germany and Italy, Baillie-Grohman negotiated with the commander of the battleship in Alexandria to demilitarise his ship by unloading fuel and removing the breechblocks from his guns. On 15 August, Ramillies shelled the Italian port of Bardia and Fort Capuzzo outside Sollum alongside the battleships Malaya and and the heavy cruiser .

Concern was also expressed at buildup of military forces and armaments in the Republic of Cyprus, and tension was also increasing over military training flights. The aim was to demilitarise the island eventually. The military authorities on both sides were asked to: :(a) respect the integrity of the buffer zone and allow complete freedom of movement to UNFICYP; :(b) enter into negotiations, in accordance with Resolution 839 (1993) with UNFICYP regarding the prohibition of firing weapons; :(c) assist in demining and clearing booby-trapped areas; :(d) cease military construction in the vicinity of the buffer zone; :(e) extend the 1989 unmanning agreement to cover areas of the buffer zone. The Turkish Cypriots were also urged to do more to improve the living situation of the Greek Cypriots and Maronites in their territories.

Dr Thorp took steps to demilitarise the school, causing some controversy amongst the non-Quaker members of the community on whom the school relied. While in Hobart, Thorp was involved in the creation of a chapter of the Australian Freedom League (AFL), a body descended from the Thorp Anti-Military Service League that her father had been involved in founding. The AFL was not totally pacifist in nature, concerning itself primarily with opposition to the notion of compulsory military service, and was formed from a broad coalition of community organisations, including pacifist groups but also socialists and trade unionists. She was a delegate to the first AFL national conference (in Adelaide) in 1913, and spoke often about the perceived moral deterioration that camp life and the drill hall caused in young men and boys.

A 17th-century map of the abbey's property During the first half of the 11th century the tension between the Holy Roman Empire and the county of Flanders grew, especially in border territories. Ename was a stronghold on the river Scheldt that marked the border of the Empire.Dirk Callebaut, "Ename and the Ottonian west border policy in the middle Scheldt region", in Exchanging Medieval Material Culture: Studies on archaeology and history presented to Frans Verhaeghe Relicta Monografieën 4. Brussels, VIOE-VUB, 2010, pp. 217-248 In 1033 Baldwin V took possession of the keep and destroyed it; in 1047 the territory of Ename was definitively under his control. In order to demilitarise the area, in 1063 Adele of France founded the Abbey of Our Lady that received the village of Ename and other properties to provide financial income.

United Nations Security Council resolution 1127, adopted unanimously on 28 August 1997, after reaffirming Resolution 696 (1991) and all subsequent resolutions on Angola, the Council, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, imposed sanctions on UNITA following the lack of compliance in implementing peace agreements after the civil war. The Security Council recalled that it would take action against UNITA if it did not comply with its obligations under the Accordos de Paz, Lusaka Protocol and relevant Security Council resolutions, particularly Resolution 1118 (1997). It demanded that UNITA and the Government of Angola immediately complete the remaining aspects of the peace process and refrain from actions that would increase tension. UNITA was also required to demilitarise its troops, complete the transformation of its radio station Vorgan into a non-partisan broadcasting station, and extend the authority of the state to the areas controlled by it.

It also emphasised connections between the peace process in the country with the process in Burundi where progress had been made. The Security Council supported the third phase of deployment of MONUC, particularly in the east of the country including Kisangani and Kindu. It affirmed that the deployment required the following steps: :(a) transfer information needed to plan MONUC's support for the total withdrawal of foreign troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in accordance with Resolution 1355 (2001); :(b) transmit information needed to plan MONUC's role in the process of disarmament, demobilisation, repatriation, resettlement and reintegration (DDRRR) programme for armed groups; :(c) establish dialogue between the governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda regarding confidence-building measures and mechanisms for co-ordination; :(d) establish conditions conducive to the voluntary DDRRR of members of armed groups; :(e) demilitarise Kisangani; :(f) restore freedom of movement of persons and goods between Kisangani and the capital Kinshasa; :(g) full co- operation by all parties with MONUC.