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From that point forward, the country has actively sought to be a peace-keeping force in the region.
Ronen Paldi: 10 Things You May Not Have Known About Turkey Ronen Paldi 2011
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First, although Israel is skeptical of multi-national forces intended to safeguard its security interests (the ineffectiveness of the international peace-keeping forces in Lebanon offer a glaring example), depending on the composition and the mandate of such a force, a multinational effort could potentially be effective.
Alon Ben-Meir: Reconciling Israel's Security With Palestinian Statehood Alon Ben-Meir 2010
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The UN peace-keeping force in the area for far too long has confined its role to that of monitoring and reporting, rather than actively keeping the two armed groups apart and protecting the area's civilian population.
John Prendergast: War Again Between North and South Sudan? John Prendergast 2011
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From that point forward, the country has actively sought to be a peace-keeping force in the region.
Ronen Paldi: 10 Things You May Not Have Known About Turkey Ronen Paldi 2011
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Or when Kofi Anan, at the time head of all UN peace-keeping forces worldwide, forbade General Romeo Dallaire of Canada, who commanded the UN peace-keeping force in Kigali, from using force to stop the Rwandan genocide.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Christian Love and the Obligation to Hate Evil Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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The UN peace-keeping force in the area for far too long has confined its role to that of monitoring and reporting, rather than actively keeping the two armed groups apart and protecting the area's civilian population.
John Prendergast: War Again Between North and South Sudan? John Prendergast 2011
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The UN peace-keeping force in the area for far too long has confined its role to that of monitoring and reporting, rather than actively keeping the two armed groups apart and protecting the area's civilian population.
John Prendergast: War Again Between North and South Sudan? John Prendergast 2011
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Or when Kofi Anan, at the time head of all UN peace-keeping forces worldwide, forbade General Romeo Dallaire of Canada, who commanded the UN peace-keeping force in Kigali, from using force to stop the Rwandan genocide.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Christian Love and the Obligation to Hate Evil Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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The UN peace-keeping force in the area for far too long has confined its role to that of monitoring and reporting, rather than actively keeping the two armed groups apart and protecting the area's civilian population.
John Prendergast: War Again Between North and South Sudan? John Prendergast 2011
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The aid included four small drones, body armor and night-vision and communications gear and is being used in the fight against al-Shabab, an al-Qaida-linked group that U.S. officials see as an increasing threat and that African peace-keeping troops in Somalia have been battling to suppress.
Obama Sends Military Advisers To Central Africa To Help Fight Lord's Resistance Army 2011
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