Washington should encourage reconciliation while honoring its own undertakings under the Carter agreement.

Government spokesmen have proclaimed their hope that the visit will encourage "national reconciliation," meaning an end to conflict between dissidents and the state.

In the past, presidents have spoken out at times of intense national questioning to calm spirits and encourage reconciliation.

The question now is whether those interconnections will encourage reconciliation, or all the more remorseless fratricide.

The apartheid government eventually negotiated itself out of power, and the new leadership encouraged reconciliation.

This programme aims to promote economic and social advancement and to encourage reconciliation between the two traditions.

The purpose of this procedure of divorce in Islam is to encourage reconciliation where possible.

By the late 1880s, Davis began to encourage reconciliation, telling Southerners to be loyal to the Union.

I hope the Commission will encourage reconciliation amongst the disputing factions and threaten strong measures if there is any failure to agree.

The critical goal is to encourage reconciliation, democracy and the development of governance structures at all levels.