In a world where ethnic, religious and nationalist conflicts are considered the new menace, the international community is failing the test.

A victim of ethnic nationalist conflicts and political maneuvering, it has been assailed from all sides.

The major antagonists in Yugoslavia's nationalist political conflicts appeared today to have pulled back from the brink of armed confrontation.

"Terrorist groups are present here whose origins lie in every significant regional ethnic and nationalist conflict there is," he said.

There have been any number of nationalist conflicts that so far have failed to materialize in the former Soviet bloc.

But his remarks seemed tame after four days of the congress, which has been an uninhibited arena of political and nationalist conflict.

Or it could keep up its efforts to put a lid on ethnic, religious and nationalist conflicts whenever they break out.

He promised in particular that the church would work harder to deal with the "nationalist conflict" growing in society.

In this era of nationalist conflict in which emotion seems to prevail over reason, the Greek position is easier to understand.

Among the many traps lying in wait, nationalist conflict is especially dangerous.