peacekeeping

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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

peacekeeper

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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
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
Under former President Barack Obama, the US paid for about 30% of the UN's peacekeeping budget.

— miranda green, CNN, "Haley cheers cuts to UN peacekeeping: 'We're only getting started'," 29 June 2017
That would have reduced the U.S. contribution to the peacekeeping fund by 10 percent.

— adam k. raymond, Daily Intelligencer, "‘We’re Only Getting Started’: Nikki Haley Celebrates Cuts to U.N. Peacekeeping Budget," 29 June 2017
A multinational peacekeeping force backed by the UN was later dispatched to protect the civilians as the French troops battled jihadist groups.

— kambiz foroohar, Bloomberg.com, "Counterterror Force for West Africa Stalled by U.S.-France Feud," 20 June 2017
For example, the Pentagon deployed a small team of U.S. troops to the Syrian city of Manbij on a peacekeeping mission at best tangentially related to the fight against ISIS.

— conor friedersdorf, The Atlantic, "The Buck Stops Over There," 15 June 2017
Just before he was deployed to Kosovo in 1999 as part of a NATO peacekeeping mission, his father told him his mother was showing signs of Huntington’s.

— bob young, chicagotribune.com, "Huntington’s disease is going to kill him, but this Wash. scientist is tackling it head-on," 2 June 2017

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