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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Equipment, supplies, ammunition and personnel involved in the use of cannon, rocket or surface-to-surface missile launchers, and mobile enough to accompany and support infantry, mechanized, armored, ...

World Geodetic System 84

Military; Peace keeping

DMA's modelling of the Earth from a geometric, geodetic and gravitational standpoint; it allows referencing of local geodetic systems to a single geocentric system; also serves as the reference ...

Training Unit (TU)

Military; Peace keeping

Established 1993 on request of the General Assembly in order to coordinate and standardise peace-keeping training, organic to Planning Division, Office of Planning and Support, Department of ...

Redeployment phase

Military; Peace keeping

Logistics; fifth and final phase in a peace-keeping operation, during which the mission is phased out; includes stores drawdown, out-survey procedures and transportation planning.

Stand-by phase

Military; Peace keeping

Logistics; first phase in a peace-keeping operation, while a technical survey team is dispatched to the potential mission area, and before or shortly after the Security Council adopts a resolution.

Anti-aircraft machine gun (AAMG)

Military; Peace keeping

Machine gun which is mounted on a special carriage and is used for air defence in addition to other air defence weapons, or if there are no other air defence weapons available.

Supply depot

Military; Peace keeping

Logistics; a specialised facility designed, equipped and manned to perform the warehousing function and conduct other activities, particularly those associated with the maintenance of stocks.