Because of this, the peacekeeping forces have been blocking Muslims from leaving on envoys out of the country.
The United Nations peacekeeping force, MONUSCO, is the largest and best-funded in the world.
The U.N. peacekeeping battalion of Indian soldiers fired warning shots, but failed to halt the angry mob.
Will they be insisting on American peacekeeping forces, and billions of dollars in American aid?
Any international effort to get a peacekeeping force into Syria will need Turkish assistance and bases.
A peacekeeping force should be primarily but not exclusively Muslim in composition.
Former U.N. peacekeeping commander Patrick Cammaert says rape is one of the cheapest weapons in war.
Soldiers, female and male, working on the ground in peacekeeping missions must be trained to deal with sexual violence.
It is also true that certain operations such as peacekeeping tend to be manpower intensive.
They include the increasingly familiar peacemaking, peacekeeping, show of force, and humanitarian relief efforts.