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Terms for subject Military (74177 entries)

Peace Operations	PO
peace restoration	All measures taken in order to favor the reemergence of peace in a dilapidated country suffering from a civil war, following the arrangements for a coercive order of chapter VII of the United Nations' Charter, when no aggressor has been designated. These measures are aimed at restoring order and the good functioning of the services, as well as at protecting the populations by opposing the actions directed at them or at our actions for the benefit of these populations, using the force if need be.
peace support	Action to restore or maintain peace
peace support operation	An operation that impartially makes use of diplomatic, civil and military means, normally in pursuit of United Nations Charter purposes and principles, to restore or maintain peace. Such operations may include conflict prevention, peacemaking, peace enforcement, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and/or humanitarian operations. Related terms: conflict prevention; peacebuilding; peacekeeping; peacemaking.
Peace Time	PT
peace-building	All measures taken after a conflict to restore the conditions of a fair and lasting peace, to suppress the unbalancing factors, thus preventing hostilities from starting again. The armed forces can participate in the corresponding actions through operations of the "humanitarian assistance" type, helping displaced populations and prisoners to return to their homes, and temporarily ensuring security within an area while facilitating the restoration of the local civil authority. These actions can come along with legal actions aimed at sanctioning abuse and exactions committed during combat.
peace-building operations	Actions carried out when the conflict is over. They cover actions intended to support political, economic, social, military actions to prevent the reappearance of the conflict causes. (FRA) 2. (NATO) A peace support operation employing complementary diplomatic, civil and - when necessary - military means, to address the underlying causes of conflict and the longer-term needs of the people. It requires a commitment to a long-term process and may run concurrently with other types of peace support operations. Related terms: conflict prevention; peacekeeping; peacemaking; peace support operation.
peace-enforcement operations	Peace-enforcement operations are coercive in nature and undertaken under Chapter VII of the UN Charter when the consent of any of the parties to the conflict is uncertain or non-existent (obtained at the political level but not enforced in the field) They are conceived to restore peace or to impose the terms defined in the mandate, while retaining the impartial character of the operation. These operations may be executed to oppose to a clearly identified aggressor and lead to the pursuit of war objectives. The force is then in a war situation and enforce the law of armed conflicts.
Peace-Keeping Operation	PKO
PKO	peace-keeping operations
peace-support group	A temporary multinational force set up for the duration of a peace - support operation and usually comprising peace - support forces and a team of military observers
peace-support psychological activities	Activities designed to create a supportive atmosphere and a willingness to cooperate among the parties in conflict and the civilian population in the area of operations, and to protect the peace support force
P/WHQ	peace/war headquarters
peacebuilding	Post-conflict diplomatic, civil and, when necessary, military efforts to address the underlying causes of conflict and prevent it recurring
PUMF	peaceful uses of military forces
PUNE	peaceful uses of nuclear energy
PUOS	peaceful uses of space
Peacekeeper Ballistic Missile	MX
PeaceKeeper Missile	PK
peacekeeping	All measures taken with the consent of all major parties to a dispute designed to facilitate the peaceful settlement of a conflict after the ceasefire. These measures are taken within the framework of the arrangements of Chapter VI of the U.N. Charta. Beyond the diplomatic and political actions, the armed forces can: 1. ensure the observation of the ceasefire and the implementation of international political decisions; 2. interpose themselves between opposing or belligerent parties; 3. watch the borders and lines of demarcation, and control the “buffer zones”; 4. disarm and demobilize combatants. The forces thus engaged have to remain neutral and impartial. There are subject to strict constraints regarding the employment of weapons.