- Industry: NGO
- Number of terms: 31364
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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.
Area established beyond buffer zone where the usual arrangement is for the 2 sides to agree on equal numbers of small, lightly armed forces in the areas immediately adjacent to the buffer zone.
Industry:Military
A nation or area near or contiguous to a combat area that is exempt from attack by the warring powers, e.g. a Hutus camp in Zaire, or a Kmers rouges camp in Thailand.
Industry:Military
At an airport the air traffic is coordinated and regulated by one or more air controller.
Industry:Military
1) A systematic, observation of airspace or surface areas by visual, aural, electronic, photographic, or other means. 2) The systematic observation of a given area for patterns of activity of any kind, as opposed to more focused scouting or reconnaissance
Industry:Military
1) Team sent prior to a PKO, to make a reconnaissance of the area in order to assess the availability of accommodation and logistic resources and establish a list of essential items and facilities which cannot be obtained locally. 2) Team sent to prepare the transition and contingent rotation: the incoming contingent's advance party include logistics personnel to enable a handover of stores and equipment.
Industry:Military
1) Team sent prior to a PKO, to make a reconnaissance of the area in order to assess the availability of accommodation and logistic resources and establish a list of essential items and facilities which cannot be obtained locally. 2) Team sent to prepare the transition and contingent rotation: the incoming contingent's advance party include logistics personnel to enable a handover of stores and equipment.
Industry:Military
1) transfer of POWs, bodies, mail and property (including domestic animals) through intermediaries, across no-man's land, United Nations buffer zones or areas of separation, with supervision by peace-keeping forces; or 2) transfer of UN and contingent property (rations and supplies) from outgoing contingent (on rotation) to incoming one; also found: 'turnover'
Industry:Military
1. A movement to place ships or aircrafts in a position of advantage. 2. A tactical exercise carried out at sea, in the air, on the ground, or on a map in imitation of an operation.
Industry:Military
1. a protective wall (dirt, sandbags, etc.) for gun emplacements and other equipment or personnel; 2. any earthwork that affords protection against explosive (tank dikes fuel tanks and ammo dumps); 3. on an airfield, pad where combat aircraft are parked (outside of HAS), surrounded by concrete blast-walls or screens, or by earth mounds, as a protection against bomb blast.
Industry:Military
1. a protective wall (dirt, sandbags, etc.) for gun emplacements and other equipment or personnel; 2. any earthwork that affords protection against explosive (tank dikes fuel tanks and ammo dumps); 3. on an airfield, pad where combat aircraft are parked (outside of HAS), surrounded by concrete blast-walls or screens, or by earth mounds, as a protection against bomb blast.
Industry:Military
