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The United Nations Organization (UNO), or simply United Nations (UN), is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace.
In the case of PKOs, concerns mostly chemical warfare.
Industry:Military
In the context of peace-keeping operations, patrols, mounted and dismounted, are only carried out in an overt, high-profile manner; in a military context, one traditionally distinguishes between "combat patrols", "escort patrols", "reconnaissance patrols", "reconnoitering patrol", "ambush patrols", "standing patrols"
Industry:Military
Indication given by UN observers in their AIREPs when the national markings of the attacking or violating aircraft on which they are reporting are not observed.
Industry:Military
International observers only observe and report and are not in a position to check the nature of goods crossing the border.
Industry:Military
International volunteer rapid-response teams in the field of humanitarian relief (in case of natural or man-made emergencies), whose creation was launched with an initial contribution from Argentina; the term may also refer to ECOMOG troops deployed in Liberia by ECOWAS
Industry:Military
Interposition is the normal means used by peacekeeping force to secure the withdrawal of opposing forces behind lines by both sides, the first stage in the negotiation of armistice demarcation lines.
Industry:Military
It involves preparing likely courses of action dealing with a range of potential scenarios; and extends into preparatory activities (preparation of maps, identification of sources of equipment and supplies, prepositioning of communications and identification of possible troop contributing states)
Industry:Military
Items packaged or arranged in a manner capable of being handled as a unit, e.g. in a container.
Industry:Military
Line (more formal than a ceasefire line) to which the parties have agreed in an armistice agreement; it usually becomes a de-facto border.
Industry:Military
List of authorized maximum levels of holdings of stores, equipment and vehicles as established by Mission HQ, for use by contingents to meet their operational commitments; "scale" refers both to the formula used to calculate the quantities and to the resulting stores allocated (engineer stores, supply/ordnance stores, defense stores); also found: 'contingents should be scaled for 6 months spare parts and assemblies', 'first line scales (for ammunition)', 'a generous scale of smoke and illuminating rounds', 'sufficient scaling of spare parts', 'scale of ammunitions'; 'scales of issues'; 'daily ration scales', 'scale of hygiene chemicals', 'a scale of issue (for medical and dental stores)
Industry:Military
