11.   Prospects for a peace settlement in the region are not very hopeful at the moment.

12.   The conference has produced a political climate that is favourable to a peace settlement.

13.   The continued failure of the negotiations means that there will be no peace settlement before the winter.

14.   The formulation of a lasting peace settlement was the main objective, and everything else was seen as subsidiary to it.

15.   The latest attempt to reach a peace settlement ended in failure.

16.   The tentative discussions in Washington towards a peace settlement are now irrelevant.

17.   The two sides met in an attempt to lay the foundations of a future peace settlement.

18.   There are a number of obstacles in the way of a lasting peace settlement.

19.   Hopes of a peace settlement were beginning to fade away.

20.   A peace settlement now seems a long way off.