peace missions
International mediation efforts
Peace missions are organized efforts to establish, maintain, or restore peace in conflict zones.
The term usually refers to international operations—military or diplomatic—deployed to prevent violence, enforce ceasefires, or support post-conflict reconstruction: UN peace missions in Africa, The peace mission failed to stop the fighting.
A peace mission may also be any delegation sent to negotiate an end to hostilities.
- refugee campsTemporary housing for displaced persons
- UN peacekeepersInternational soldiers maintaining ceasefires
- food distributionAllocating provisions to recipients
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- demilitarized zonesAreas banning armed forces
negotiation · treaties · diplomatic envoys · medical aid · patrol units · trauma counseling · mental health services · conflict resolution · arbitration · ceasefire agreements · white flag · laying down arms · disaster relief · emergency shelters · security forces · buffer zones · no-fly zone · summit meetings
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- UN activitiespeacekeepers, blue helmets, Security Council, General Assembly, UN agencies
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- African OrganizationsAfrican Union, AUC, PAP, regional blocs, member states
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
peace missionswars of aggression
Military attacks initiated unjustly
acts of war · conquest · military campaigns · offensive operations · proxy wars
peace missionscombat operations
Active military engagement
armed conflict · military intervention · bombing campaigns · warfare · armed conflicts
peace missionssubjugation
Forcing into submission
ethnic cleansing · genocide · occupation · annexation · colonization
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