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CASQUES BLEUS [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
DEF

A member of a United Nations peacekeeping force, having a blue helmet as part of their uniform.

OBS

blue helmet: designation usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • blue helmets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
OBS

Le casque bleu apparaît en 1956 lors de la mission FUNU [Force d'urgence des Nations unies] I. On a d'abord peint en bleu le casque d'origine américaine [...] le bleu symbolise les forces de maintien de la paix.

OBS

casque bleu : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • casques bleus

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz
DEF

Integrante de las fuerzas de paz de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas

OBS

casco azul: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda que la expresión "casco azul" se escriba en minúscula.

OBS

casco azul: denominación utilizada generalmente en plural.

Key term(s)
  • cascos azules
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Record 2 2006-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
OBS

Published in 1990 by the Department of Public Information, United Nations. Contains accounts of all the peace-keeping operations which have been set up by the United Nations, since the first Military Observer Group in the Middle East in 1948 up to 1990 when the United Nations oversaw the political process in Namibia culminating in the birth of a new nation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
OBS

Publié en 1990 par le Département de l'information des Nations Unies. D'après le Service de Terminologie des Nations Unies à Washington, il n'y aurait pas de sous-titre en français.

Spanish

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