At a recent conference, Elizabeth Ferris, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute made the following statement: "In sum: peace is needed for displaced people to find durable solutions and durable solutions are needed for peace to be consolidated. Or to put it negatively: without peace, there are no durable solutions for displaced persons and without durable solutions for displaced persons, it is difficult for peace to be sustained." What was the main point she was trying to make?

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Even though the fighting seems to be over, it never will be over if it involves ethnic conflicts.
Even though the fighting seems to be over, it never will be over if it involves ethnic conflicts.

When the fighting is over, the citizens can finally go home.
When the fighting is over, the citizens can finally go home.

When the fighting is over, everyone must be on the lookout for a resurgence of violence.
When the fighting is over, everyone must be on the lookout for a resurgence of violence.

When the fighting is over, the real work begins building long-term solutions for displaced citizens.
When the fighting is over, the real work begins building long-term solutions for displaced citizens.

The main point she was trying to make is that peace is essential for displaced people to find long-term solutions, and those solutions are necessary for peace to be sustained. Without one, the other cannot be achieved or maintained.