peacekeeping
noun
peace·keep·ing
ˈpēs-ˌkē-piŋ 
: the preserving of peace
especially
: international enforcement and supervision of a truce between hostile states or communities
Examples of peacekeeping in a Sentence
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Kenya has in the past played a major role in supporting UN peacekeeping initiatives and African Union peace missions.
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Nimi Princewill, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
Video shows large crowds of frightened civilians, many with young children, seeking shelter at a Russian peacekeeping base.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
Netflix Close plays the King of Diamonds, one of the leaders of the international peacekeeping agency known as the Charter.
—Temi Adebowale, Men's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
Shortly after the attack, a French peacekeeping mission was also targeted, killing 58 French paratroopers.
—Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2023
The mission included a peacekeeping force, and 1244 ordered Yugoslavia’s forces out.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
Here, the precedent of a 2023 Security Council resolution authorizing a Kenyan peacekeeping force in Haiti permits a non-UN mission to draw, on a reimbursable basis, from UN supply stocks.
—Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2023
The president says that this is a peacekeeping mission, because Georgia attacked South Ossetia.
—Bela Shayevich, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
Barak and others have suggested that a post-Hamas order in Gaza might begin with an interim peacekeeping force provided by Egypt and other Arab countries.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
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Nimi Princewill, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
Video shows large crowds of frightened civilians, many with young children, seeking shelter at a Russian peacekeeping base.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
Netflix Close plays the King of Diamonds, one of the leaders of the international peacekeeping agency known as the Charter.
—Temi Adebowale, Men's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
Shortly after the attack, a French peacekeeping mission was also targeted, killing 58 French paratroopers.
—Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2023
The mission included a peacekeeping force, and 1244 ordered Yugoslavia’s forces out.
—Dahlia Scheindlin, The New Republic, 3 Nov. 2023
Here, the precedent of a 2023 Security Council resolution authorizing a Kenyan peacekeeping force in Haiti permits a non-UN mission to draw, on a reimbursable basis, from UN supply stocks.
—Steven Simon, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2023
The president says that this is a peacekeeping mission, because Georgia attacked South Ossetia.
—Bela Shayevich, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
Barak and others have suggested that a post-Hamas order in Gaza might begin with an interim peacekeeping force provided by Egypt and other Arab countries.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
1910, in the meaning defined above
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peacekeeping
noun
peace·keep·ing
ˈpē-ˌskē-piŋ
: the enforcing of a truce between countries or groups by an international military force
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