Definitions for "Peacekeeping"
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A European peacekeeping force is due to become operational in 2003. It will be staffed by specially trained police officers from across the EU. (See Police: Peacekeeping force)
The use of military means by an international organization such as the United Nations to prevent fighting, usually by acting as a buffer between combatants. The international force is neutral between the combatants and must have been invited to be present by at least one of the combatants. See also Collective security. 362
International military monitoring and patrolling by UN peacekeeping forces at the invitation of all conflicting parties to preserve peace, once it is restored, in areas of tension.
operations using military forces and/or civilian personnel, at the request of the parties to a dispute, to help supervise a cease-fire agreement and/or separate the parties.
the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)
of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces; "a peacekeeping force"
Third-party role played by military or civilian actors in a violent conflict situation in which the goals are to eliminate violence and engineer a truce.
Peacekeeping is the prevention or ending of violence within or between nation-states through the intervention of an outside third party that keeps the warring parties apart. Unlike peacemaking, which involves negotiating a resolution to the issues in conflict, the goal of peacekeeping is simply to prevent further violence.
Neutral military or paramilitary operations undertaken with the consent of all major belligerents; designed to monitor and facilitate implementation of an existing truce and support diplomatic efforts to reach a long-term political settlement
An operation involving military personnel, but without enforcement powers, undertaken...to help maintain or restore international peace and security in areas of conflict (United Nations Charter).
A non-coercive instrument of diplomacy, where a legitimate, international civil and/or military coalition is employed with the consent of the belligerent parties, in an impartial, non-combatant manner, to implement conflict resolution arrangements or assist humanitarian aid operations.
A process in which countries from around the world help enforce and oversee a truce between groups or countries that are hostile toward one another. See peace-building and peacemaking.
International forces (often under the auspices of the UN) helping to control and resolve a conflict (through protecting ceasefires or assisting in implementing a settlement) and protect humanitarian operations, with the consent of the parties in conflict. Usually applies once the overt conflict has ended.
The term refers to the tasks performed by civil and military qualified and trained personnel in war zones.
This term refers to a way of helping countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace. United Nations peacekeepers - soldiers and military officers, civilian police officers and civilian personnel from many countries - monitor and observe peace processes that emerge in post-conflict situations and assist ex-combatants to implement the peace agreements they have signed. Such assistance comes in many forms, including confidence-building measures, power-sharing arrangements, electoral support, strengthening the rule of law, and economic and social development. Source: United Nations, United Nations Association of Canada
Peacekeeping, as defined by the United Nations, is "a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace."http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/faq/q1.htm. Peacekeepers monitor and observe peace processes in post-conflict areas and assist ex-combatants in implementing the peace agreements they may have signed. Such assistance comes in many forms, including confidence-building measures, power-sharing arrangements, electoral support, strengthening the rule of law, and economic and social development.