peace enforcement
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“We will never have a mandate to do peace enforcement, which is another name for war,” Lacroix said.
From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024
“There is no continent in greater need of this new generation of peace enforcement missions than Africa,” Guterres said.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023
“If peacekeeping is to be seen as peace enforcement, then unfortunately we can’t see the UN charter allowing such a radical departure of the use of peacekeeping.”
From The Guardian • Sep. 27, 2015
In general, though, in Congo and elsewhere, the U.N. has been wary of "peace enforcement" ever since its involvement in Somalia in the 1990s.
From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2013
There is a very fine line between peacekeeping and peace enforcement.
From Time Magazine Archive
