Wiktionary
n. negotiations towards the peaceful settlement of a long-running conflict.
WordNet
n. any social process undertaken by governments who want their citizens to believe they are trying to avoid armed hostilities
Wikipedia
Peace process may refer to:
- in general:
- Peacebuilding
- Conflict resolution
- specifically:
- Israeli–Palestinian peace process, efforts since c.1991 to find a political accommodation for the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the wider Arab–Israeli conflict
- Syrian peace process (2011–present), various attempts to find a political solution for the Syrian Civil War
- Yemeni peace process (2011–present) - attempts to resolve the Yemeni Crisis (2011–present), resulted in replacement of the President, but no end to the violence
- Northern Ireland peace process, efforts from c.1993 to end " the Troubles"
- Western Sahara peace process - efforts since c.1991 to resolve the Western Sahara conflict
- Bangsamoro peace process - attempts to find solution for the Moro conflict
- 1999–2002 FARC–Government peace process - failed attempt to resolve the Colombian conflict
- Solution process (2013–15), failed efforts to end the Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Cyprus peace process (from 1974) - a prolonged process to find a peaceful solution for the Cyprus dispute
Usage examples of "peace process".
On September 28, 2000, he set off the bloodiest upheaval between Israeli forces and Palestinians in a generation, which resulted in a collapse of the seven-year peace process.
We would not have to worry about Saddam striking any of our regional allies, destroying or seizing their oil fields, supporting terrorism, or undermining the Arab-Israeli peace process and other initiatives to build a better Middle East.
The United States and the United Nations would have to find a powerful disincentive for Syria (unlikely, given how the Arab world would react and the importance of Syria to the Middle East peace process) or else pay off the Syrians to actually shut down the smuggling.
Perhaps he'd been wrong to go into business with Galishnikov, or get mixed up in the peace process.
Now get us the hell out of here before the rest of the peace process goes up in flames.
The leaders pounded on him not about Iraq, or the threat of Saddam Hussein, or terrorism, but about the Middle East peace process.
Providing them with bots of their own was part of our original peace process, what Vess and I sometimes call our balance of error.
According to former Israeli intelligence officer William Northrop, the original PLO structure shifted in 1991, after the PLO/Israeli peace process began.
Well, Mister Kebron here will make certain that any man who blocks the peace process will die a man of parts.
He was worried about the situation in Chechnya, not to mention the faltering Mideast peace process.
The violence has escalated and is now interfering with the peace process.
It was exasperating how the peace process had lost its political momentum, how it had become solely the province of Yevir and Ekosha and their followings.