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peace operation
gen. operação de apoio à paz
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peace operations
USA A broad term that encompasses multiagency and multinational crisis response and limited contingency operations involving all instruments of national power with military missions to contain conflict, redress the peace, and shape the environment to support reconciliation and rebuilding and facilitate the transition to legitimate governance (JP 3-07.3) see also peace building, peace enforcement, peacekeeping, and peacemaking
Peace Operations
mil., abbr. PO
peace operation
mil., logist. Operation aiming at preserving peace or facilitating the restoration thereof in a country victim of a domestic crisis or between two countries, while there stands a major threat for the security or survival of the populations. This impartial operation is conducted with or without the consent of the parties: it is placed under Chapters VI or VII of the United Nations Charta, and is initiated by a mandate given by an international organization. This term encompasses: 1. operations in support of preventive diplomacy; 2. peace restoration operations; 3. peacekeeping operations; 4. peace enforcement operations; 5. peace-building operations. These missions take place within the framework of operations of variable intensity, with the participation of military forces as well as that of diplomatic and humanitarian organizations. (FRA)
peace operations US DoD
abbr. PO (Alex Lilo)
peace operations
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