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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Restricted-weapons zone (RWZ)

Military; Peace keeping

Zone within which no heavy military equipment is allowed.

Training-the-trainer workshop

Military; Peace keeping

Workshop in which UN training assistance teams train the national military instructors who will later train the national contingents in peace-keeping.

Servicing

Military; Peace keeping

Work on motor vehicles consisting of cleaning, lubricating, replenishment of fuel, lubricant, cooling agent, and air for tyres to insure proper operations.

Write-off

Military; Peace keeping

Write-off follows the condemnation of equipment or rations.

A military force, too small in itself to resist successfully, but nonetheless deployed against a potential enemy, e.g. stationed along what, in the case of war would become a military front line, or ...

Sanctuary

Military; Peace keeping

A nation or area near or contiguous to a combat area that is exempt from attack by the warring powers, e.g. a Hutus camp in Zaire, or a Kmers rouges camp in Thailand.

Air tasking order (ATO)

Military; Peace keeping

1. military operations: daily list of missions which includes take-off and landing times, air refuelling tracks, the quantity of fuel to be transferred, altitudes to be flown as well as assigned ...