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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

Assembly area

Military; Peace keeping

Area near the port of embarkation, where troops are gathered before embarking for a mission, or before withdrawing from a theater.

Security zone (SZ)

Military; Peace keeping

Area in which no armed forces or heavy military equipment are allowed.

National owned equipment (NOE)

Military; Peace keeping

Equipment not approved by the UN, but considered essential by a troop-contributing country, for security, communications, medical or welfare purposes, and which remains that country's responsibility ...

Working Group on a Multinational UN Stand-by Forces High Readiness Brigade

Military; Peace keeping

Established by troop-contributing nations to explore the option of creating a rapid deployment force within the framework of the UNSAS, and thus safeguarding national sovereignty issues; a number of ...

Technical survey team

Military; Peace keeping

Dispatched to the problem area (prior to submission of a mission plan and financial implications) to report of the political, diplomatic, military and administrative support situation; the logistics, ...

Medical start-up kit

Military; Peace keeping

Equipment that the medical start-up unit takes to the mission area: a 20 foot ISO container shelter, preinstalled with medical and general equipment to operate as a medical facility for resuscitation ...

Multinational United Nations Stand-by Forces High-Readiness Brigade

Military; Peace keeping

Establishment proposed by Denmark is assembled from appropriate contributions to the UNSAS and used for peace-keeping (Chapter VI) missions. Its abbreviated name is "United Nations high-readiness ...

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