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Many other initiatives have foundered on the intransigence of warlords and their inability to rise above their gamesmanship and zero-sum orientation.
Plusieurs autres initiatives avaient échoué en raison de l'intransigeance des seigneurs de la guerre et de leur incapacité de laisser de côté leurs stratagèmes et leurs jeux à somme nulle.
All have foundered on the resistance of the Italian working class.
Tous se sont heurtés à la résistance de la classe ouvrière italienne.
What we now risk losing is far more significant than just the issues on which the negotiations have foundered.
Ce que nous risquons de perdre aujourd'hui va bien au-delà des questions sur lesquelles ont buté les négociations.
A good half of the vessels that have foundered have done so as a result of accidents involving the hull.
Une bonne moitié des navires perdus ont été frappés suite à des accidents avec la coque.
All the attempts to push forward with the unification of Europe have foundered on the rock of conflicting national interests.
L’unification de l’Europe se heurte sans cesse aux contradictions entre les différents intérêts nationaux.
Efforts by the Joint Defence Board to agree to a single doctrine and training programme have foundered, partly over cultural and religious differences.
Les efforts du Conseil de défense conjoint pour adopter une doctrine unique et un programme de formation ont échoué, entre autres en raison des différences culturelles et religieuses.
It is hard to ignore the long list of peace agreements in Somalia that have foundered, but we, as a Council, must do what we can to prevent this agreement from joining that list.
Il est difficile d'ignorer la longue liste des accords de paix relatifs à la Somalie qui sont restés sans lendemain, et le Conseil doit donc tout faire pour éviter que ce nouvel accord ne vienne, lui aussi, s'ajouter à cette liste.
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