Peacekeeper (or PeaceKeeper, Peace Keeper or Peace-Keeper) has many meanings: Generally - Peacekeepers, although soldiers, are different from a traditional military force, in that peacekeepers, use minimal force, distribute humanitarian aid, and on rare occasions take offensive action. A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of National Armed forces. Humanitarian aid (also called succour) is material or logistical assistance provided for humanitarian purposes typically in response to humanitarian crises

Peacekeepers are generally viewed as an outside impartial third party force, who has no stake in the conflict, except in maintaining peace. Impartiality is a principle of Justice holding that decisions should be based on objective criteria, rather than on the basis of Bias, Prejudice

Contents 1 Military personnel 2 Police and Para-military forces 3 Military weapons and vehicles 4 Other groups 5 Fictional groups 6 Internet and video games 7 Books 7.1 Fiction 7.2 Non-Fiction 8 Music 9 Other 10 See also 11 References

Military personnel

A peacekeeper can be a person involved in peacekeeping. Peacekeeping, as defined by the United Nations, is "a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace This individual is always part of a larger force; examples:

• UN Peacekeeping falls under the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) an agency of the United Nations which is charged with the planning, preparation, management and direction of any UN peacekeeping operations. Peacekeeping, as defined by the United Nations, is "a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (or DPKO) is a department of the United Nations which is charged with the planning preparation management and direction
• NATO peacekeeping
  • In Former Yugoslavia - IFOR, SFOR, KFOR
• Inter-American Peace Force - Established, by the Organization of American States, on 23 May 1965, after America's intervention in the Dominican Republic, it largely consisted of over 42,600 United States military personnel, plus the following troops were sent by each country; Brazil 1130, Honduras 250, Paraguay 184, Nicaragua 160, Costa Rica 21 military police, and El Salvador 3 staff officers. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has been involved in active Peacekeeping missions since 1994, and coordinates with UN Peacekeeping operations See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian The Implementation Force ( IFOR) was a NATO -led multinational force in Bosnia and Herzegovina under a one year mandate from 20 December The Stabilisation Force (SFOR was a NATO -led multinational force in Bosnia and Herzegovina which was tasked with upholding the Dayton Agreement. The Kosovo Force ( KFOR) is a NATO -led international force responsible for establishing a safe and secure environment in Kosovo, the self-proclaimed independent The Inter-American Peace Force was established by the Organization of American States, on 23 May 1965 after United States 's intervention ( Operation Powerpack The Organization of American States ( OAS, or as it is known in the three other official languages OEA) is an International organization, headquartered The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with Brazil eventually took over from the United States.
• Indian Peacekeeping Force in Sri Lanka. Indian Peace Keeping Force ( IPKF; Hindi: भारतीय शान्ति सेना was the Indian military contingent performing a Peacekeeping Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island
• Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Sinai
• EUFOR - European Union Force, a temporary military deployment, not a permanent military force, and should not be confused with the Eurocorps or the Helsinki Headline Goal Force Catalogue, sometime misleadingly known as the 'European Rapid Reaction Force'. The Multinational Force and Observers (MFO is an international Peacekeeping force overseeing the terms of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai ( Coptic: sina; Egyptian Arabic: sina سينا Arabic, sina'a سيناء EUFOR or European Union Force is a term used to describe European Union military deployments and has been used four times so far in FYROM from March 2003 to December Eurocorps is a multinational army corps within the framework of European Union and NATO common defence initiatives The Helsinki Headline Goal was a military capability target set for 2003 during the December 1999 Helsinki European Council meeting The name probably was patterned in imitation of NATO's IFOR, SFOR, and KFOR. The Implementation Force ( IFOR) was a NATO -led multinational force in Bosnia and Herzegovina under a one year mandate from 20 December The Stabilisation Force (SFOR was a NATO -led multinational force in Bosnia and Herzegovina which was tasked with upholding the Dayton Agreement. The Kosovo Force ( KFOR) is a NATO -led international force responsible for establishing a safe and secure environment in Kosovo, the self-proclaimed independent
• Polish-Ukrainian Peace Force Battalion or POLUKRBAT is a Polish-Ukrainian peacekeeping battalion, formed in the late 1990s expressly "for participation in international peace-keeping and humanitarian operations under the auspices of international organizations". Polish-Ukrainian Peace Force Battalion or POLUKRBAT is a Polish - Ukrainian Peacekeeping Battalion, formed in the late 1990s expressly [1]
• International Force for East Timor (INTERFET) was a multinational peacekeeping taskforce, mandated by the United Nations to address the humanitarian and security crisis which took place in East Timor from 1999–2000 until the arrival of United Nations peacekeepers. The International Force for East Timor (INTERFET was a multinational Peacekeeping taskforce mandated by the United Nations to address the humanitarian and security
• Multinational Force in Lebanon
• Multinational Force Iraq
• Arab Deterrent Force, a Pan-Arab peacekeeping force in Lebanon, it consisted of 40,000 men, with 35,000 Syrians and 5,000 from Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf states, Libya, and Sudan. The Multinational Force in Lebanon (also MNF) was an international Peacekeeping force created in 1982 and sent to Lebanon to oversee the withdrawal of This page is about the military command, for more general discussion of the coalition forces see Multinational force in Iraq or Iraq War. The Arab Deterrent Force was a military intervention force created by the Arab League. Authorized by the Arab League in 1976 and their authorization expired in 1983. The Arab League ( الجامعة العربية) officially called the League of Arab States ( جامعة الدول العربية

• Caribbean Peace Force (CPF) aka Eastern Caribbean Peace Force (ECPF), was an OECS mandated 350-member Force operating in Grenada, from October 1983 to June 1985, after the Invasion of Grenada, codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, by the United States of America and several other nations in response to the illegal deposition and execution of Grenadan Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States ( OECS) created in 1981 is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration protection of Grenada (grɪˈneɪdə is an Island nation that includes the southern Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. The Invasion of Grenada, codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, was an Invasion of the nation of Grenada, an island in the Caribbean Sea 100 miles north The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Deposition by Political means concerns the removal of a Politician or Monarch. Maurice Rupert Bishop ( May 29, 1944 &ndash October 19, 1983) was a Grenadian On October 25, 1983, the United States, Barbados, Jamaica and members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States landed ships on Grenada, defeated Grenadian and Cuban resistance and overthrew the military government of Hudson Austin. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Barbados ( Portuguese word for bearded-ones, bɑrˈbeɪdoʊz -dɒs situated just east of the Caribbean Sea, is an independent Island nation Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States ( OECS) created in 1981 is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration protection of The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Hudson Austin (born April 26 1938) is a former General in the Peoples Revolutionary Army of Grenada.

Police and Para-military forces

• Peace officer
• Conservator of the Peace
• Peace Preservation Police Corps of the Taiwan police. A law enforcement officer (also called peace officer) in North America, is any public-sector person charged with upholding the peace, mainly A Conservator of the Peace is defined as a public official authorized to conserve and maintain the Public peace. Police Organization & Structure Hierarchy Most actual law enforcement and day-to-day policing duties are delegated to local police departments on a city and Police Organization & Structure Hierarchy Most actual law enforcement and day-to-day policing duties are delegated to local police departments on a city and There are 7 individual Special Police Corps, under the "Headquarters of Peace Preservation Police Corps"(保安警察總隊). Special police and Special Police Force are terms which have different meanings in different countries as described below They are the mobile police forces of Taiwan's National Police Agency. Police Organization & Structure Hierarchy Most actual law enforcement and day-to-day policing duties are delegated to local police departments on a city and
• International Peace Operations Association (IPOA) is a non-governmental trade and lobbying association representing the "peace and stability industry," sometimes referred to as private military companies (PMCs) or derogatorily by critics as mercenaries ignoring the international legal definition as well as the actual role and variety of companies. The International Peace Operations Association (IPOA is a non-governmental trade and lobbying association representing the "peace and stability industry" sometimes referred A private military company ( PMC) provides specialized expertise or services of a military nature sometimes called or classified as Mercenary ("soldiers for hire" A mercenary is a person who takes part in an armed conflict who is not a national or a party to the conflict and is "motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by

Military weapons and vehicles

• LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile ("MX Missile")
• PeaceKeeper and PeaceKeeper II armored fighting vehicles produced by Cadillac Gage

Other groups

• Peace Corps - purpose of the Peace Corps is "to promote world peace and friendship through a Peace Corps, which shall make available to interested countries and areas men and women of the United States qualified for service abroad and willing to serve, under conditions of hardship if necessary, to help the peoples of such countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained manpower. The Cadillac Gage Ranger is a 4×4 armored personnel carrier (essentially an armored truck produced by Cadillac Gage. The Cadillac Gage Ranger is a 4×4 armored personnel carrier (essentially an armored truck produced by Cadillac Gage. Textron Marine & Land Systems a military contractor that manufactures Armored vehicles, turrets boats Light tanks and other weapon systems The Peace Corps is an independent United States federal agency. "

Fictional groups

• The Peacekeepers are a military and law enforcement organization in the Farscape science fiction drama. Peacekeepers are a galactic military organization in the fictional Farscape universe Farscape is an American science fiction television series filmed in Australia and produced for the Sci-Fi Channel.
• The Peacekeepers are a law enforcement organization in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward cartoon series. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated series, mainly set in New York City. The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration.
• The International Peacekeeping Force is a fictional military agency in Ben Bova's novel Peacekeeper. Benjamin William Bova (born November 8, 1932) is an American Science fiction author and editor It's mandate is to contain and then stop all wars, nuclear or conventional, once they cross national boundaries. They cannot conduct pre-emptive stikes nor interfere in the internal affairs of individual countries.
• Peace Force - a paramilitary force featured in the books of David Weber. David Mark Weber is an American Science fiction and Fantasy author.

Internet and video games

• The Peace Keepers is a video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The Peace Keepers, released in Japan as. It is the third game in the Rushing Beat series following Rival Turf! and A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit Video game console that was
• Active Worlds Peacekeepers[1] protect others from abuse, harassment, or other violations such as vandalism within AW public worlds. Active Worlds (AW is a 3D Virtual reality platform The "Active Worlds Browser" runs on Windows.
• In the Xbox 360 game Crackdown, Peacekeepers are the only form of policing left in Pacific City. The Xbox 360 is the second Video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS. Crackdown (titled Riot Act in Japan is an open world, Third-person shooter Video game for the Xbox 360 Pacific City is a Census-designated place (CDP in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.
• In the strategy game Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri one of the playable factions is called the Peacekeepers, acting as a UN type representative on a colonised planet in the future.
• Global Defense Initiative is a fictional militarized branch of the United Nations which is featured prominently in the Tiberium series of Westwood Studios' Command & Conquer real-time strategy video games. The United Nations' Global Defense Initiative (or UNGDI for short is a Fictional militarized branch of the United Nations which is featured prominently Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Tiberium is a cancelled tactical First-person shooter Video game title set in the Command & Conquer universe that was Westwood Studios ( 1985 - 2003) was a computer and Video game developer, founded in 1985 as Westwood Associates by Brett Sperry Command & Conquer (often abbreviated as C&C or CNC) is a Video game franchise, mostly of the A real-time strategy ( RTS) Video game is a strategic game that is distinctly not turn-based. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. It is a globalised and multinational military task force, which has the political means to be able of silently hamstringing anything from local ethnic unrest to regionalized armed conflicts across the globe, and was given as its primary objective the ensuring no fledgling confrontations would ever escalate into a continental or worldwide emergency.
• In the upcoming Red Alert 3, the Allies's basic infantry unit is called the Peacekeeper, and carries a shotgun and riot shield. Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 is an upcoming 2008 Real-time strategy Video game in the Command & Conquer series published In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose

Books

Fiction

• The Peacekeepers is a science fiction novel set in the Star Trek Expanded Universe. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. The Peacekeepers is a Star Trek The Next Generation novel by Gene DeWeese. The Star Trek franchise has produced a large number of novels comic books video games and other materials which are generally considered non-canon.
• Peacekeepers is a science fiction novel written by Ben Bova. Benjamin William Bova (born November 8, 1932) is an American Science fiction author and editor It is about an International Peacekeeping force created to prevent all types of wars from crossing international boundaries.
• The Peacekeeper is a novel written by Shabbir Ahsan. The book is about a U. N. peacekeeper's experience in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo often referred to as DR Congo, DRC or RDC, and formerly known or referred to

Non-Fiction

• The Psychology of the Peacekeeper: Lessons from the Field (Psychological Dimensions to War and Peace) by Thomas W. Non-fiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as Fact. Britt, 344 pages, by: Praeger Publishers; 1 edition (September 30, 2003)
• Why Peacekeeping Fails by Dennis C. Jett 256 pages, by: Palgrave Macmillan; New Ed edition (April 6, 2001) ISBN-10: 0312239424 ISBN-13: 978-0312239428
  • Why Peacekeeping Fails from Google Books
• PEACEKEEPER - the Road to Sarajevo, by Major-General Lewis MacKenzie, by: Harper Collins (1994) ISBN-10: 0006380492 and ISBN-13: 978-0006380498

Music

• Peacekeeper is a 2003 U. Dennis Coleman Jett (born 1945) is an American diplomat and academic. Google Book Search is a tool from Google that searches the full text of books that Google scans OCRs, and stores in its digital database For the Virginia politician see Lewis McKenzie. Major-General Lewis Wharton MacKenzie, C S. Top 3, UK Top 6 song from Fleetwood Mac's album Say You Will. Fleetwood Mac are a British / American Say You Will is an album by British / American band Fleetwood Mac, released in 2003. Its lyrics allude to the Peacekeeper missile.

Other

• PeaceKeeper Cause-Metics - a line of cosmetics whose profits are used to support certain causes.

See also

• Peacemaker

References

PeaceMaker is a 1997 self-released demo by Sonata Arctica (under the name Tricky Means)

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