Peace keeping

Peace keeping

Hybrid of politico-military interventions aimed at conflict control usually with the involvement of the United Nations presence in the field by military and civilian personnel.

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Napalm Girl

Military; Peace keeping

Napalm Girl is the famous girl depicted in the Vietnam Era photograph by Associated Press photographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut, depicting a naked Vietnamese girl running naked after a napalm attack. ...

The phrase 'green-on-blue' has been used to describe attacks by forces which are otherwise regarded as neutral, such as those of Afghan troops or police officers against foreign coalition forces in ...

Peace-restoration and conflict-mitigation operation

Military; Peace keeping

New and tentative concept applying to the multidimensional operations which, while originally mandated under chapter VI, are forced by realities in the field to turn into a chapter VII operations, as ...

Area of limitation in of armaments (AOL)

Military; Peace keeping

Area established beyond buffer zone where the usual arrangement is for the 2 sides to agree on equal numbers of small, lightly armed forces in the areas immediately adjacent to the buffer zone.

Demilitarised zone (DMZ)

Military; Peace keeping

Area between the forward line of the parties, into which they have agreed not to deploy military forces and which may be placed under the control of a PKO.

Public information officer (PIO)

Military; Peace keeping

1. the title most commonly refers to a UN civilian staff member, seconded from DPI in UN secretariat in NY and assigned to the force commander, who coordinates the activities of public relations ...

Command

Military; Peace keeping

1. The authority that a commander in the military Service lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment. Command includes the authority and responsibility for effectively using ...