Sentence examples for peacekeeping expansion from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, NATO's secretary-general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, urged the Dutch parliament to speed up plans to send 1,400 troops to southern Afghanistan, where they are scheduled to join a peacekeeping expansion into former Taliban strongholds.

The expansion of peacekeeping forces is essential.

Americans must demand United States leadership in securing an expansion of peacekeeping troops with a full mandate to protect civilians.

That has helped drive a rapid expansion of peacekeeping to become the UN's single largest operation.

After initially opposing the expansion of peacekeeping operations outside of Kabul, the United States is considering supporting the use of peacekeepers in other major cities, the senior American diplomat said.

The General Assembly approved an increase of nearly 4percentt in the United Nations budget for the next two years, clearing the way for a modest expansion of peacekeeping workers sought by Secretary General Kofi Annan.

In the absence of full-scale expansion of international peacekeeping forces within and beyond Kabul, security is deteriorating.

The next move on Sierra Leone will be the expansion of the peacekeeping force, now limited to 13,000 troops.

On September 8th, Francesc Vendrell, the European Union's envoy to Afghanistan, declared that the expansion of the peacekeeping force outside Kabul was "virtually impossible at the moment" because European governments do not have the resources.

Laura Bush spoke on International Women's Day earlier this month of the United States government's commitment to Afghanistan, especially to its women, but the administration continues to oppose expansion of the peacekeeping force there.

The NATO secretary general, Lord Robertson, visited Kabul on Friday and said that the alliance was looking at options for a possible expansion of the peacekeeping force it leads, from the capital into the provinces, and that a decision would be made within weeks.