peacekeeping
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peace·keep·ing
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Definition of peacekeeping
: the preserving of peace
especially
: international enforcement and supervision of a truce between hostile states or communities
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According to a court petition for bond, Schmitt received commendation medals during his time in the US Army and had served in Macedonia and Kosovo as part of a NATO peacekeeping mission. — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, "Georgia Lawyer Allegedly Runs Over, Kills Dad of 2 Who Threw Golf Ball at His Mercedes: DA," 27 Aug. 2019 The embodiment of that idea was Lester Pearson, a prime minister who won the Nobel peace prize for organising a UN force to help end the Suez crisis in 1956, the first such peacekeeping operation. — The Economist, "Foreign policyCanada is feeling lonely, but its place internationally is still strong," 25 July 2019 In fact, the R.P.F. argued relentlessly with the U.N. Security Council to impede the deployment of a peacekeeping force, claiming in particular as of late April 1994 that most of the Tutsis had already been massacred. — Maggie Calt, Harper's magazine, "Brutal from the Beginning," 22 July 2019 Security is improving, says Leila Zerrougui, the head of MONUSCO, the 16,000-strong UN peacekeeping mission in Congo. — The Economist, "How do you reform a country where gunmen torch Ebola clinics?," 2 Aug. 2019 David Gressly, formerly the deputy head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, was put in charge of all U.N. efforts to address the epidemic, which had been run by the World Health Organization. — New York Times, "In Congo, a New Plan to Fight Ebola Follows a Government Power Struggle," 26 July 2019 According to the newspaper, the Rwandan authorities had tried to prevent the publication of the report, with Kagame threatening to withdraw all Rwandan troops from U.N. peacekeeping missions. — Maggie Calt, Harper's magazine, "Brutal from the Beginning," 22 July 2019 Often, city and tribal leaders seek a mix of traditional peacekeeping and modern law enforcement. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, "ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network," 16 May 2019 The council’s action followed its unanimous vote April 12 to end Haitian peacekeeping operations Oct. 15. — Washington Post, "UN votes to establish political mission in Haiti," 26 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'peacekeeping.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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