peace settlement

collocation in English

meaningsofpeaceandsettlement

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peace
noun[U]
uk
/piːs/us
/piːs/
freedom from war and violence, especially when people live and work together happily ...
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settlement
noun
uk
/ˈset.əl.mənt/us
/ˈset̬.əl.mənt/
an official agreement that finishes ...
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(Definition ofpeaceandsettlementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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First, there was the ' hard news ' of the war : troop movements, casualties, rumours of apeacesettlement.
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There was not an explicit governance pact orpeacesettlementper se, which resulted in recurring crises of governance throughout the 1990s.
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Not getting apeacesettlementright the first time could lead to an endless succession of new conflicts.
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In many ways, the end of the cold war has thrown some of the costs of the post-1945peacesettlementinto even sharper relief.
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Neutral governments could hardly deal with issues which had direct implications for thepeacesettlement.
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In due course, the very utility, perhaps even the integrity of the national state, whose existence and promotion formed a cornerstone of the 1919peacesettlement, came into question.
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That is why we should tie ratification of the partnership and cooperation agreements to apeacesettlement.
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If there is to be a durablepeacesettlement, those problems cannot be ignored.
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When that stage has been reached, more favourable conditions will exist for taking in hand the problem of a permanentpeacesettlement.
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From the start, if there is apeacesettlementwe must be clear what the policing force is to be on the ground.
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I suggest it is this, that it is a great mistake, during a war, to anticipate the terms of the futurepeacesettlement.
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You helped, with us, to bring about the victory, you are equally responsible for thepeacesettlement.
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If we do not, there will never be apeacesettlement, and harmony will never be established in the world.
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I approach this question as part of thepeacesettlement.
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It seems to me that in anypeacesettlementpure verbal recognition is of no importance.
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The future of the city as a whole needs to be resolved in negotiation between the parties concerned as part of a widerpeacesettlement.
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But it has always been as part of a generalpeacesettlement.
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What we really need is apeacesettlementand a commitment to the two-state solution, which is the way through.
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That may well be so, but it is not an alternative to a long-term peace solution; it is an addition to a long-termpeacesettlement.
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But a great deal will depend upon the kind ofpeacesettlementwe make.
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