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• n  the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)
• a  of or relating to the preservation of peace between hostile groups by international military forces
  a peacekeeping force

• First official NATO peacekeeping troops arrive in Sarajevo aboard three camouflaged C-130 transport planes; two Americans are part of this advance contingent.
• An interview with the man in charge of running the peacekeeping operation in the immense and immensely troubled African country.
• Menaced by al-Qaeda, peacekeeping forces become neighborly with Lebanon's powerful Shi'a group.

• peacekeeping mission
• peacekeeping operation

News & Articles

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• Golan Heights peace mission needs backing
  UNITED NATIONS, June 14 (UPI) -- It's critical that a U.N. peacekeeping mission near the Israeli border with Syria can operate freely and without risk, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.
  June 14, 2013 - UPI
• UN asks Austria to delay pullout from Golan
  The U.N. peacekeeping department asked Austria Thursday to delay its full troop withdrawal from the Golan Heights until at least the end of July to keep key positions manned and ensure a smooth transition with incoming troops.
  June 14, 2013 - Stars and Stripes
• UN chief seeks to bolster Golan peacekeeping force, warns Syria spillover threatens cease-fire
  UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is recommending that the 911-member U.N. peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights be bolstered to 1,250 troops.
  June 12, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Quotes

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• Condoleezza Rice in Times Online
  Dr Rice, who met the Prime Minister and David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, said: "I do think the alliance is facing a real test here. Our populations need to understand this is not a peacekeeping mission."
• Vladimir Putin in TVNZ
  Russia, of course, will take its peacekeeping mission to a logical conclusion. We will strive for working relations with all participants of this conflict, and that, of course, includes the Georgian side,Putin said.
• Meles Zenawi in Canoe.ca
  It would be strange if the Shabab and others did not try to capitalize on the fact that a significant proportion of the peacekeeping operation in Somalia was leaving and to try to fill in whatever vacuum they feel there is,Meles said. "But...