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CONTRAINSURGENCIA [2 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2019-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Counter-Measures (Military operations)
OBS

counter-insurgency operation; COINOP: designations standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • counterinsurgency operation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contre-mesures (Opérations militaires)
OBS

opération de contre-insurrection; COINOP : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contramedidas (Operaciones militares)
Key term(s)
  • operación militar de contrainsurgencia
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Record 2 2014-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Counter-Measures (Military operations)
  • Emergency Management
  • International Relations
DEF

Military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological and civic actions taken to defeat insurgency.

OBS

counter-insurgency; COIN: term and abbreviation standardized by NATO.

OBS

counter-insurgency; COIN: term, abbreviation and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

OBS

counterinsurgency: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contre-mesures (Opérations militaires)
  • Gestion des urgences
  • Relations internationales
DEF

Mesures militaires, paramilitaires, politiques, économiques, psychologiques et civiles prises pour défaire une insurrection.

OBS

contre-insurrection; COIN : terme et abréviation normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

contre-insurrection; COIN : terme, abréviation et définition uniformisés par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées et par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la Défense.

OBS

contre-insurrection; anti-insurrection : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contramedidas (Operaciones militares)
  • Gestión de emergencias
  • Relaciones internacionales
DEF

[Conjunto de] acciones militares, paramilitares, políticas, económicas, psicológicas y cívicas, emprendidas contra la insurgencia.

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