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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 a PKO which contains substantial civilian elements, a civilian-military structure of integrated support services may be established to perform liaison and coordination between the military support structure, NGOs, PVOs and local authorities; e.g. the CMOC was opened by US Joint Task Force Support Hope in Entebbe (Uganda) and Kigali (Rwanda); in Haiti, UNMIH has an integrated civilian/military headquarters.
Industry:Military
In charge of the mail and documents dispatched through the diplomatic pouch.
Industry:Military
In difference to the assumed time of arrival/ departure, the time at which units supply, etc. are actually arriving, departing.
Industry:Military
In diplomacy, neutral person or country who brings warring parties or States to a meeting and helps them exchange views and maybe come to a preliminary agreement; less formal role than that of a mediator or broker in a treaty negotiation.
Industry:Military
In ground combat, a line of outposts positioned ahead of the main force, to provide warning and prevent enemy scouts or reconnaissance forces from determining the location and composition of the main body.
Industry:Military
In military field reports, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid coordinates, combining the transverse Mercator projection and a system of grids with letters and digits (the approximate location being given by the grid numbers) are often used.
Industry:Military
In military operations, the area of influence is a geographical area wherein a commander is directly capable of influencing operations, by maneuver or fire support; in peace-keeping, such a line between areas of influence is drawn by various parties (including the UN) to clarify the situation on the ground for themselves; these 'lines' do not involve any formal agreement and are in fact seldom widely accepted.
Industry:Military
In peace-keeping, 'operations information', also known as 'military information', is engaged in the area of maps, charts, media interpretation and press relations.
Industry:Military
In PKO context, it mostly refers to the abduction and holding of peacekeepers as hostages; 'hijack drills' are practiced by soldiers on peace-keeping missions.
Industry:Military
In the aftermath of conflict; it means identifying and supporting measures and structures which will solidify peace and build trust and interaction among former enemies, in order to avoid a relapse into conflict; often involves elections organized, supervised or conducted by the United Nations, the rebuilding of civil physical infrastructures and institutions such as schools and hospitals, and economic reconstruction.
Industry:Military
