Palestinians have called the settlements a land grab and have long demanded their complete dismantlement as part of any peace accord.

Specifically, the Americans are demanding a "complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement" of the North's nuclear programs.

The leaders of the community said their objective continued to be "the complete dismantlement of the apartheid system by peaceful means and without delay," but they called on all parties "to refrain from violence or advocacy of violence."

C.V.I.D. stands for complete, verifiable, irreversible dismantlement, which the Bush administration has said is its bottom line in the talks.

The complete dismantlement was delayed because the 2011 Mississippi River floods made it impossible to transport it downstream under the Eads Bridge.

North Korean officials told the delegation that the Bush administration's central concern, complete and verifiable dismantlement of their nuclear weapons program, was within reach, said John W. Lewis, the group's leader, in a telephone interview.

We hope this will lead to a peaceful transition to a nonracial democracy and the complete dismantlement of the apartheid system.

The battle culminated with Sabretooth's plunge off of a cliff, and the complete dismantlement of the Weapon X Project.

The objective, according to administration officials, is to create an unpressured atmosphere in which North Korea may feel more free to negotiate steps toward the American demand for a "complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement" of its nuclear programs.

The Security Council must also make clear that it is still demanding the complete dismantlement of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.