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peacekeeping mission - the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations)

military operation, operation - activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

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August 3, 2019 (JUBA) - Over 70 Cambodian troops are set to leave the country on Monday to join a United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

More than 70 Cambodian troops to join UN mission in S. Sudan

Using data collected from 58 countries which have experienced civil war, and also focusing on the specific experience of the UN mission in South Sudan, Dr Jessica di Salvatore investigated the impact of hosting a peacekeeping mission on local homicide rates.

University of Warwick: Peacekeeping missions can actually increase criminal violence, research finds

Lacroix will also meet with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus and Head of the peacekeeping mission (UNFICYP) Elizabeth Spehar, as well as with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, civil society and community representatives.

President Anastasiades to meet with UN Under-Secretary-General

Pakistani soldier Major Fozia Parveen is doing the country proud as she serves the United Nations' peacekeeping mission in Cyprus among other female military and staff officers.

Making Pakistan proud: Maj Fozia serving in UN mission in Cyprus

In 2007, India became the first country to deploy an all-women contingent to a UN peacekeeping mission. Indian peacekeepers have served in UN peacekeeping missions by protecting civilians and support peace processes, and also carry out specialist tasks.

India's female squad to soon assume duties under UN peacekeeping missions in Congo

"Some 70 years after the inaugural UN peacekeeping mission was established, we have developed solid peacekeeping principles," Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the UN Mansour Al-Otaibi said amid annual UN talks over peacekeeping operations.

Kuwaiti envoy says UN peacekeepers need adequate training

A 180-member strong contingent of female police of Bangladesh Police left Dhaka for joining the UN peacekeeping mission in Dr Congo by a chartered aircraft of the United Nations (UN) in the early hours of Tuesday.

180 female police leave for Congo mission

The drafting of peacekeeping mission mandates should be a phased process to allow for consultation with relevant troop- and police-contributing countries, she said.

Political solutions must accompany UN peacekeeping in conflict zones: Pakistan

Also, temporarily cash surpluses in one peacekeeping mission cannot be used to bridge shortfalls in another.

UN funds drying up, putting missions, people in jeopardy

It is also the only UN peacekeeping mission where the top three positions - civilian, military and police - are all held by women.

CYPRUS: Russia could deploy some troops to UNFICYP

Tokyo: The Japanese government announced that it will dispatch two members of its Self-Defence Force (SDF) to the Sinai Peninsula in east Egypt as part of a multinational peacekeeping mission later this month.

Japan to send officers to Egypt in first non-UN peacekeeping mission