Sentences with phrase «un peacekeepers»

In an effort to help replenish the population of gorillas in a reserve in the east part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, UN peacekeepers from the MONUC mission will airlift nine orphaned gorillas into the region.

He insists that he is not a hero and only did what any decent person would have done, but he is entirely clear when expressing his contempt for the UN peacekeepers for failing to avert what he sees as an entirely preventable disaster.

In 1992 allegations that the UN peacekeepers were involved in cases of sexual abuse against local women were met by the infamous statement «Boys will be Boys» (Martin, 2005) by Yasushi Akashi, the then head of the UN's Transnational Authority in Cambodia.

An excellent companion to Warriors, the BBC's astonishing film about UN peacekeepers in Bosnia, Harrison's Flowers is by turns romantically hopeful and sickeningly horrific, as Sarah, sheltered American that she is, wanders into a situation so unexpectedly horrible that you can't help but feel sorry for the loss of her naivété... and our own.

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We Come as Friends (Unrated) Neo-colonialism is the theme of this road documentary chronicling a modern odyssey across Africa featuring everything from Chinese oil workers to UN peacekeepers to Sudanese warlords to American evangelists.

Liberia's police and army are overseeing election security for the first time since the civil war following a handover from UN peacekeepers last year, and though underfunded have kept the peace during the campaign.

As for a standing UN army... well, there sort of is one: the UN Peacekeepers.

French troops and a 10,000 - strong force of UN peacekeepers have been battling to stabilise the former French colony.

Police have used tear gas to disperse protesters in Kinshasa, where UN peacekeepers have been deployed.

Flight Lieutenant Emily McCullouch delivered the UN Peacekeepers» Day Humanist Tribute, as the Ceremony's «closing prayer».

She paid tribute to UN Peacekeepers who have been killed or injured in the line of duty, as well as their family members and friends who have supported them.

The Ceremony remembers those from the 122 participating nations who have been killed whilst serving as UN peacekeepers.

A total of 3,108 UN peacekeepers have lost their lives in service, 103 of whom were British.

Today, more than 100,000 soldiers and police from 125 countries are serving as blue - helmeted UN peacekeepers around the world.

Following the wider critique of the liberal peace, interveners from UN peacekeepers to human rights NGOs are interpreted as enacting a «liberal imperialism» that reinforces «western» interests in the region, whilst promoting the superiority of «liberal» values and conditioning new subjects into following them.

Rebel forces in Libya have rejected the offer of UN peacekeepers as they prepare for a final stand with Gaddafi loyalists.

Prominent humanists have taken a significant role in the International Day of UN Peacekeepers Remembrance Ceremony, which commemorates UN peacekeepers who have been killed in the line of duty.

«Internationally the Government must take a lead in its role on the UN Security Council to support calls from the United Nation's own committees for the creation of a «safe zone» in Iraq, enforced by UN peacekeepers, to protect the country's minorities.

A Canadian UN peacekeeper overseeing the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces from Eritrea in 2001.

Not exact matches

In a deal in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa last week, the Sudanese government accepted a «hybrid» operation in Darfur made up of African Union (AU) troops, who are already in the country, and technical support from United Nations (UN) peacekeepers.

The research will explain how diversity within political and military leadership in UN missions affects their effectiveness in protecting civilians, and how diversity between UN mission leadership and peacekeepers on the field influences a mission's capacity to protect civilians and stop fighting.

There is widespread suspicion that the disease was brought in by United Nations peacekeepers from Nepal, and that the UN is now covering it up.

Many Haitians dislike the UN force; dozens of peacekeepers have been killed in violent clashes since the mission arrived in 2004 to stabilise the country in the face of political upheaval.

The united nations mission in the drc says another peacekeeper has died after being wounded in the deadliest single attack on a un peacekeeping mission in almost 25 years.

Babies born from liaisons between victims and peacekeepers may face stigmatisation by their families and communities, which may deprive them of economic, social and emotional support, which in turn may result in victim's being driven into further exploitative relationships with peacekeepers in order to survive (UN, 2005, p. 8).

The tank had the familiar circular blue and white insignia of the United Nations peacekeepers and the letters UN painted on its side.

Over 53 countries as well as UN security council members voted on Friday in favor of a mission that would send peacekeepers to guard some of the Middle East's world heritage sites from militants.

The Star spoke to Emma Phillips, who was counsel to an independent review commissioned by the UN on sexual abuse by peacekeepers.