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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Contingent-owned equipment (COE)

Military; Peace keeping

Military equipment brought to the mission area by infantry or logistics contingents with prior agreement of the UN secretariat becomes a UN responsibility, and governments are reimbursed for its ...

Military officer or civilian; within each division of DPKO, responsibility for a peace-keeping operation is assigned to a 'desk', comprising one or more political affairs officers, supported by one ...

Operations other than war (OOTW)

Military; Peace keeping

Military activities during peacetime and conflict that do not necessarily involve armed clashes between two organised forces.

Directive

Military; Peace keeping

Military communications in which policy is established or a specific action is ordered governing conduct or procedure; normally issued and signed by the highest military authority in the operation.

Chief signals officer

Military; Peace keeping

Military officer; responsible for the military-pattern communications equipment; is the military counterpart to the (civilian) CCO

Medic

Military; Peace keeping

Member of medical corps, trained in combat first aid, accompanying the foot patrols.

Duty room

Military; Peace keeping

Part of the Situation Centre which serves as the UNHQ point of contact for field missions and for permanent missions of Member States and prepares daily Situation Centre reports.