A formal cease-fire was declared on 31 December 1948.

The government hopes Norway can broker a formal cease-fire soon.

He predicted more progress "over the next 24 hours" but said his peace mission would fall short of a formal cease-fire.

They haven't got a formal cease-fire with us, after all.

That could make future negotiations about a peace settlement, or even a formal cease-fire, virtually impossible.

A formal cease-fire was declared at 2359 hours on the night of 1/2 January 1949.

It is the first accord since the two sides agreed on March 29 to a formal cease-fire.

The two sides in the ethnic conflict have now agreed to a formal cease-fire.

And they want to lift all trade sanctions against Iraq when a formal cease-fire comes into effect.

But he added that whatever was achieved, it would fall short of the formal cease-fire envisioned in past American proposals.