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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Peace keeping

1. set of principles to be followed by peace-keeping forces, such as avoidance of force, impartiality, transparency and clarity of purpose, firmness, reliability, anticipation of situations leading ...

Evacuation of equipment

Military; Peace keeping

1. in the recovery system, evacuation is the movement of equipment casualties (in or out of theatre) within a logistics system; it is distinct from recovery. 2. The process of moving any person who ...

Direct support

Military; Peace keeping

1. support given by a member State from its own integral logistic unit directly to its contingent deployed on a UN operation; 2. stocks held or obtained within the mission area, to replenish first ...

Plot

Military; Peace keeping

1. map, chart or graph representing data of any sort; 2. representation on a diagram or chart of the position or course of a target in terms of angles and distances from positions; location of a ...

Down time

Military; Peace keeping

1. interval between the receipt of a request for supplies at a depot and their delivery to the troops (syn. of "lead time"); 2. the time during which an equipment is not available because of ...

Marking

Military; Peace keeping

1. of boundary lines, cease-fire lines and zones of separation on the ground; 2. of permanent border.

Order

Military; Peace keeping

A communication -written, oral, or by signal- that conveys instructions from a superior to a subordinate. In a broad sense, the terms order and command are synonymous. However, an order implies ...