Sentence examples for be peacekeeping from inspiring English sources
noun
The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force.
Should there be peacekeeping of some sort?
For Kofi Annan, the previous secretary-general, the big issue was peacekeeping and conflict in poor countries.
One is the veto of the Permanent Five in the Security Council; the second is peacekeeping.
That would clean up business and help to stabilise one of Europe's poorest countries.It would also mean sending home a rump force of Russian soldiers whose ostensible task is peacekeeping, following Transdniestria's armed getaway from Moldova in 1992.
After the Cold War, many deployments, such as those in the Balkans, were peacekeeping operations, and Steele — who had served in Bosnia — felt that these missions had placed excessive nonmilitary burdens on soldiers.
Though the UN's primary mandate was peacekeeping, the division between the US and USSR often paralysed the organization, generally allowing it to intervene only in conflicts distant from the Cold War.
"The fact is this is not peacekeeping.
They are not "peacekeeping" troops as they are often inaccurately described.
Most of that bill is for peacekeeping.
"They thought we were just peacekeeping and stuff".
Myth 1: The French troops were UN Peacekeeping troops.
