peacekeeping
noun
peace·keep·ing ˈpēs-ˌkē-piŋ 
: the preserving of peace
especially : international enforcement and supervision of a truce between hostile states or communities
peacekeeper
ˈpēs-ˌkē-pər
noun 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The peacekeeping mission has been in Congo since 2010. 
Edward Wong, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022 The incident at the Congo - Uganda border post in Kasindi in the restive eastern part of the country is the latest involving the peacekeeping mission in Congo, known as MONUSCO, which has come under pressure from days of protests. Reuters, CNN, 1 Aug. 2022 The killings on Sunday come just days after at least 19 people, including three U.N. peacekeepers, were killed and 60 others injured, in demonstrations against the peacekeeping mission in the cities of Butembo and Goma. New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022 Protesters on Wednesday blocked roads outside the local headquarters of the United Nations peacekeeping mission, known by its French acronym Monusco, in the town of Uvira in the mineral-rich South Kivu province. Nicholas Bariyo, WSJ, 27 July 2022 Tensions have grown between Mali's junta and the U.N. peacekeeping force. Baba Ahmed, ajc, 22 July 2022 Kenya at one point even floated the idea of deploying an armed African peacekeeping force to eastern Congo. Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022 Hundreds of protesters attacked a United Nations peacekeeping force's warehouse and looted offices in Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, demanding that the mission leave for failing to protect the population. Washington Post, 25 July 2022 The two nations announced the withdrawal of a small American peacekeeping force stationed for four decades on Tiran Island, once the source of many conflicts in the region, including during the Six-Day War in 1967. New York Times, 15 July 2022 See More
Edward Wong, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022 The incident at the Congo - Uganda border post in Kasindi in the restive eastern part of the country is the latest involving the peacekeeping mission in Congo, known as MONUSCO, which has come under pressure from days of protests. Reuters, CNN, 1 Aug. 2022 The killings on Sunday come just days after at least 19 people, including three U.N. peacekeepers, were killed and 60 others injured, in demonstrations against the peacekeeping mission in the cities of Butembo and Goma. New York Times, 1 Aug. 2022 Protesters on Wednesday blocked roads outside the local headquarters of the United Nations peacekeeping mission, known by its French acronym Monusco, in the town of Uvira in the mineral-rich South Kivu province. Nicholas Bariyo, WSJ, 27 July 2022 Tensions have grown between Mali's junta and the U.N. peacekeeping force. Baba Ahmed, ajc, 22 July 2022 Kenya at one point even floated the idea of deploying an armed African peacekeeping force to eastern Congo. Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022 Hundreds of protesters attacked a United Nations peacekeeping force's warehouse and looted offices in Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, demanding that the mission leave for failing to protect the population. Washington Post, 25 July 2022 The two nations announced the withdrawal of a small American peacekeeping force stationed for four decades on Tiran Island, once the source of many conflicts in the region, including during the Six-Day War in 1967. New York Times, 15 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1910, in the meaning defined above