A peacekeeping force. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This is not a long-term peacekeeping commitment in Rwanda. From Wordnik.com. [Lake And Shalikashvili Briefing On Rwandan Relief] Reference
You can't use the word peacekeeping, apparently, it has been banned in the Pentagon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2003] Reference
Along the same lines, I wonder if Canada should be so deeply involved in peacekeeping operations. From Wordnik.com. [Canada in a Changing World] Reference
However, the UN is involved – or as much as the UN ever is – in peacekeeping & rebuilding missions there. From Wordnik.com. [Everything old is old again « BuzzMachine] Reference
The essence of peacekeeping is the use of soldiers as a catalyst for peace rather than as the instruments of war. From Wordnik.com. [The United Nations Peacekeeping Forces - Nobel Lecture] Reference
The cost of peacekeeping is usually infinitesimal by comparison with the cost of war, destruction and disruption. From Wordnik.com. [The United Nations Peacekeeping Forces - Nobel Lecture] Reference
The Lord-High-Everything-Else wants an emasculated Scotland to be an expert in peacekeeping, reports The Scotsman. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-03] Reference
I believe in peacekeeping, not policing diversity, not assimilation and that the beaver is a proud and noble animal. From Wordnik.com. [we're number two] Reference
We have developed a work programme which covers such important issues as co-operation in peacekeeping and defence reform. From Wordnik.com. [Transatlantic Relations in the 21st Century] Reference
But for all the strain that peacekeeping is said to cause the military, the really striking thing is not how large the numbers are but how small. From Wordnik.com. [Peace is Hell] Reference
I am convinced that, on account of our experience in peacekeeping operations, for example, we shall be able to make some substantial contributions. From Wordnik.com. [Austria's Economic and Social Policies in Response to the Globalisation of Markets] Reference
Holbrooke, the US diplomat who brought peace in the Balkans but at the cost of a long-term peacekeeping commitment that the Pentagon is chafing under. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But the world changed and, with it, the missions we called peacekeeping; however, most Canadians remain content with a simplistic version of the Pearson philosophy. From Wordnik.com. ["So this is what Canada’s new international role will be: back-seat driver."] Reference
United Nations for so-called peacekeeping missions. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Push for Europe-Wide Oversight of Credit Raters] Reference
On June 26, Tsvangirai denied reports that he had called a peacekeeping force. From Wordnik.com. [African Union Urged to Act on Zimbabwe] Reference
This so-called peacekeeping operation in Somalia, which also includes more than. From Wordnik.com. [Workers World news online] Reference
Q I understand, but NATO is carrying out this socalled peacekeeping operation. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference
I hope that the attention now being given to peacekeeping, which is symbolized by the award of the Nobel. From Wordnik.com. [The United Nations Peacekeeping Forces - Nobel Lecture] Reference
In this context, NATO is anxious to get its boots on the ground in Darfur in so-called peacekeeping missions. From Wordnik.com. [GlobalResearch.ca] Reference
"But it won't say that what we have just bought is not adequate for what we are doing - namely peacekeeping," Shah added. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Do not put a so-called peacekeeping force in that region, unless there is a true cease-fire, because they will become targets. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 31, 2006] Reference
And we haven't trained these guys for peacekeeping, which is what they're now going to be doing for maybe years and years and years. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 6, 2003] Reference
Q George, how hard do you think it's going to be to sell the American people on the idea of peacekeeping troops for Bosnia should this peace agreement hold up?. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By George Stephanopoulos] Reference
That kind of peacekeeping works only when both sides want it to. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2001] Reference
Above all, "peacekeeping" missions are supposed to be benevolent interventions. From Wordnik.com. [UN Peacekeeping Paramilitarism] Reference
Russia is "peacekeeping" in Tajikistan, and probably will soon be doing so in Georgia. From Wordnik.com. [The Return Of The Great Game] Reference
It is also true that certain operations such as peacekeeping tend to be manpower intensive. From Wordnik.com. [Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance] Reference
And you, in a sense, had argued for an international force, some kind of peacekeeping force. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2009] Reference
And this is the appropriate force level for the kind of peacekeeping force they've put together. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart] Reference
The British prime minister says it's essential that both sides return to some kind of peacekeeping talks. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2006] Reference
South African "peacekeeping" force in Burundi, it had not "endorsed or authorised this under a UN umbrella". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
And that if any kind of peacekeeping force is coming to Liberia, that it must be in a post-Taylor administration. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2003] Reference
They thought that there would be some kind of peacekeeping force on the ground before the rebels took the capital. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2003] Reference
A military spokesman said the forces are building new "peacekeeping" posts that will be maintained after the pullback. From Wordnik.com. [Russia Faces Western Censure] Reference
A first step to improve co-ordination would be to set up some kind of peacekeeping office within the secretariat of SADC. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It would also help if we had troops to contribute to UN peacekeeping forces but our troops are busy "peacekeeping" elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [Sally Kohn: From Here to Junta: Stop Shopping At Wal-Mart, Save The UN And Help Burma] Reference
Polls show that 57 percent of Japanese oppose the dispatch of "peacekeeping" troops to Cambodia even under United Nations auspices. From Wordnik.com. [Sweeping History Under The Carpet] Reference
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