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Peace keeping
Hybrid of politico-military interventions aimed at conflict control usually with the involvement of the United Nations presence in the field by military and civilian personnel.
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Peace keeping
Training Unit (TU)
Military; Peace keeping
Established 1993 on request of the General Assembly in order to coordinate and standardize peace-keeping training, organic to Planning Division, Office of Planning and Support, Department of ...
Working Group on a Multinational UN Stand-by Forces High Readiness Brigade
Military; Peace keeping
Established by troop-contributing nations to explore the option of creating a rapid deployment force within the framework of the UNSAS, and thus safeguarding national sovereignty issues; a number of ...
Multinational United Nations Stand-by Forces High-Readiness Brigade
Military; Peace keeping
Establishment proposed by Denmark is assembled from appropriate contributions to the UNSAS and used for peace-keeping (Chapter VI) missions. Its abbreviated name is "United Nations high-readiness ...
casualty evacuation (CASEVAC)
Military; Peace keeping
Evacuation from the point of injury to the next suitable level of care.
medical evacuation (MEDEVAC)
Military; Peace keeping
Evacuation of medical cases between levels of care established in theatre (intra-theatre MEDEVAC) or to medical facilities out of theatre (inter-theatre MEDEVAC); also found: 'to be medevaced'
mission-specific contingency planning
Military; Peace keeping
Evaluates the nature and scope of potential operations in specific geographic areas and the resources required to mount these operations.
triage
Military; Peace keeping
Evaluation and classification of casualties for purposes of treatment and evacuation, according to type and seriousness of injury, and likelihood of survival.
