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FORCE TAMPON [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Organization
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
CONT

UNEF (United Nations Emergency Force II) latterly and UNDOF (United Nations Disengagement Observer Force) fulfilled a third typology of interpositioning - that of a buffer force designed to secure a strip of neutral territory between two opposing armies, occupy it and demilitarize it so that there is a cordon sanitaire through which neither side can pass.

OBS

An interstate operation, though it could be used as a means of keeping two military forces apart within a State, while negotiations for a ceasefire or armistice are in progress.

French

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

Il s'agit d'une force qui vient s'interposer entre deux États ou plus (elle peut servir aussi à séparer deux forces militaires qui s'affrontent à l'intérieur d'un État), pendant que se déroulent les négociations pour un cessez-le-feu ou un armistice.

Spanish

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