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Meanings of peacekeeping operation in English

Portuguese
boinas azuis
Catalan
cascos blaus de les nacions unides

The activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)

boinas azuis
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Examples for "peacekeeping"
Examples for "peacekeeping"
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African Union peacekeeping troops and Somali police rescued the ship, officials said.
Reuters
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Australia maintains 800 peacekeeping troops in East Timor, following last year's violence.
Reuters
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More than 120 Irish troops leave for peacekeeping duties in Lebanon today.
The Irish Times
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The SANDF has been actively involved in the peacekeeping mission since 2001.
The South African
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Russian troops patrol both South Ossetia and Abkhazia under a peacekeeping mandate.
Reuters
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The SANDF has been actively involved in the peacekeeping mission since 2001.
The South African
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Mr Poroshenko warned Russia could not be part of any peacekeeping mission.
BBC
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An African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia is slowly being built up.
Reuters
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An African Union AMISOM peacekeeping mission in Somalia is slowly being bolstered.
Reuters
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The force has since grown in the world's largest global peacekeeping mission.
Reuters
Usage of peacekeeping operation in English
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The death was the first Finnish casualty in the Afghan peacekeeping operation.
Reuters
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the largest peacekeeping operation in the world.
The Guardian
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India's peacekeeping operation appears to be a painful long-term occupation.
The new yorker
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Instead it must serve as a fresh start for the peacekeeping operation in CAR.
The Guardian
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Ramsi, the regional peacekeeping operation in the Solomon Islands, ends this month after 14 years.
Radio NZ
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Earlier, President Nelson Mandela had signalled South Africa's willingness to contribute to a peacekeeping operation.
The Irish Times
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It also asked Ban to study the option of transforming MISCA into a U.N. peacekeeping operation.
Reuters
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The soldiers will be part of the EUfor peacekeeping operation when they fly out next month.
The Irish Times
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Capt James Cahill takes up the story of the Defence Forces' European Union peacekeeping operation in Chad.
The Irish Times
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The UN deputy secretary-general has said that a peacekeeping operation will be needed in the Central African Republic.
BBC
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Israel has criticised the U.N. peacekeeping operation for not stopping weapons it says are still flowing to Hezbollah guerrillas.
Reuters
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The United Nations has a 13,000-strong peacekeeping operation in Mali.
Reuters
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It was during a reconciliation meeting between the two communities, overseen by the general of the French military peacekeeping operation.
Reuters
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Fiji's police force is awaiting cabinet approval to send officers to Haiti as part of a United Nations peacekeeping operation.
Radio NZ
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Last month, the German parliament voted to increase Berlin's participation in a NATO peacekeeping operation in Afghanistan, despite strong voter opposition.
Reuters
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In October, the German parliament voted to increase Berlin's participation in a NATO peacekeeping operation in Afghanistan, despite strong voter opposition.
Reuters
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