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peace enforcement

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Application of military force, or the threat of its use, normally pursuant to international authorization, to compel compliance with resolutions or sanctions designed to maintain or restore peace and order. See also peace building; peacekeeping; peacemaking; peace operations.
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Under Eufor the peace enforcement troops have a UN mandate to protect displaced civilians in Chad and refugees from neighbouring Sudan.
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MONUC should remain a peacekeeping force and not a peace enforcement mission.
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MONUC should remain a peacekeeping force and not a peace enforcement mission.
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