Portuguese
boinas azuis The activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)
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Examples for "keeping the peace"
Examples for "keeping the peace"
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By the last reports, the Skalans were garrisoned there, keeping the peace.
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The town where only the UN is keeping the peace no Close
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It was hard enough keeping the peace on normal nights, the first said.
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Following her -intent on keeping the peace, no doubt -is Julia.
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The police should be keeping the peace, not stirring up trouble.
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African Union peacekeeping troops and Somali police rescued the ship, officials said.
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Australia maintains 800 peacekeeping troops in East Timor, following last year's violence.
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More than 120 Irish troops leave for peacekeeping duties in Lebanon today.
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The SANDF has been actively involved in the peacekeeping mission since 2001.
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Russian troops patrol both South Ossetia and Abkhazia under a peacekeeping mandate.
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The AU often has trouble mustering enough troops for its peacekeeping missions.
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The Fijian security workers have backgrounds in peacekeeping in the Middle East.
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Mr Poroshenko warned Russia could not be part of any peacekeeping mission.
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A spokesman for the African Union peacekeeping force was not immediately available.
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But for that to happen, UN peacekeeping has to up its game.
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An African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia is slowly being built up.
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It may only be temporary, but his peacekeeping skills have actually worked.
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An African Union AMISOM peacekeeping mission in Somalia is slowly being bolstered.
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When that mission ended, Burundi became a contributor to AU peacekeeping forces.
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The only thing preventing that was the U.N. peacekeeping force, said Elie.
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The force has since grown in the world's largest global peacekeeping mission.
