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- noun Plural form of
peacekeeper .
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The panel also reported finding recently manufactured shell casings from Chinese ammunition at the site of numerous attacks launched by unidentified assailants against peacekeepers from the joint U.N. - African Union mission.
China seeks to block U.N. report on its weapons in Darfur Colum Lynch 2010
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Briefing the Security Council, U.N. peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy said the United Nations is considering several options, including increasing peacekeepers from the U.N. mission, known as UNMIS, in high-risk zones along the border, especially in traditional migration zones.
Sudanese Envoy Warns of War if Referendum Goes Ahead in Abyei 2010
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Part of 40-plus mandates of the peacekeepers is to work with the Congolese army.
Evelyn Leopold: UN Council Told to Act Against Rapists in Congo Evelyn Leopold 2010
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The panel also reported finding recently manufactured shell casings from Chinese ammunition at the site of numerous attacks launched by unidentified assailants against peacekeepers from the joint U.N. - African Union mission.
China seeks to block U.N. report on its weapons in Darfur Colum Lynch 2010
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In addition, there is the little matter of border peacekeepers from the UN who secure the border against both Israeli and Hezbollah.
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The panel also reported finding recently manufactured shell casings from Chinese ammunition at the site of numerous attacks launched by unidentified assailants against peacekeepers from the joint U.N. - African Union mission.
China seeks to block U.N. report on its weapons in Darfur Colum Lynch 2010
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The AU should bring in peacekeepers because the violence in Kenya is appalling, Raila Odinga told The Associated Press with his wife at his side at his family home in Bondo, a village in western Kenya.
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The AU should bring in peacekeepers because the violence in Kenya is appalling, Raila Odinga told The Associated Press with his wife at his side at his family home in Bondo, a village in western Kenya.
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Or we could go to the U.N. and tell that body that we are going to pull out on such-and-such a date and they are welcome to send in peacekeepers if they wish.
Think Progress » Brzezinski: Air Strike on Iran Could ‘Merit the Impeachment of the President’ 2006
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“Redefining the roll of the United States from enablers to keep the peace, to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment.”
Think Progress » O’Reilly Says CAP Is “A Very Well-Oiled, Effective Character Assassination Machine” 2005
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