peacekeeping

noun peace·keep·ing \ ˈpēs-ˌkē-piŋ \

Definition of peacekeeping

:the preserving of peace; especially :international enforcement and supervision of a truce between hostile states or communities

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peacekeeper

play \ˈpēs-ˌkē-pər\ noun

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Later that year, in September 2014, Aminyar traveled a second time to the United States, to Camp Edwards, a National Guard base on Cape Cod, to learn how to plan U.N. peacekeeping missions.

— brian castner, Esquire, "The Fight of His Life," 16 Aug. 2017
Just to give a sense of some of the other things on his plate, during the same weeks, the U.S. also decided not to help establish a peacekeeping force for the partition of Palestine, and gave up on trying to prevent the impending war there.

— philip zelikow, The Atlantic, "Is the World Slouching Toward a Grave Systemic Crisis?," 11 Aug. 2017
After all this doom and gloom, Halloran ends his video on an uplifting note, with research showing that UN peacekeeping is an effective tool in minimizing conflicts.

— sophie weiner, Popular Mechanics, "How Many People Would Die in an All-Out Nuclear War?," 11 Aug. 2017
The company was awarded two contracts for office space and accommodations by the UN’s peacekeeping operation monitoring the Golan Heights region between Syria and Israel.

— Fortune, "What Sanctions? Assad Allies Got $18 Million in Payouts," 1 Aug. 2017
Following last month’s Saudi-Qatar spat, both African nations seemingly sided with the Saudis, prompting the Qataris to abandon the peacekeeping mission.

— ian bremmer, Time, "These 5 Border Disputes Are Still Causing Trouble," 14 July 2017
The government says the base will be used to support peacekeeping and humanitarian projects in Africa.

— The Economist, "Politics this week," 13 July 2017
Then Prime Minister Lester Pearson kept his criticism of Britain private, instead focusing on steering all sides toward a ceasefire, which was enforced by the UN’s first large-scale peacekeeping force.

— dylan c. robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, "As US pulls back from world, Canada steps up to fill the gap," 30 June 2017
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has sparked online furore over a tweet praising cuts made by the Trump administration to the organization's peacekeeping budget.

— suyin haynes, Time, "Nikki Haley Praises Cuts to the U.N.'s Peacekeeping Budget, Sparking Online Backlash," 30 June 2017

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