Example sentences for: peacekeepers

How can you use “peacekeepers” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Sunday papers placed the blame for the deadlock on Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's intransigent refusal to countenance a NATO-led force as peacekeepers, despite the fact that Kosovo Albanians were holding out for a referendum on independence once the three year interim period covered by the proposed settlement expired.

  • The WP , on the other hand, is skeptical that Wiranto has changed his mind, reporting he said that outside peacekeepers would not be welcome before the army could "calm down the situation" (no word on when or if), and that widespread anger at the U.N. "will be shown and aimed at the incoming international peacekeeping forces," should they arrive prematurely.

  • Indonesia's U.N. ambassador asserted that it was not time for peacekeepers.

  • "The already tiny country will be, in effect, partitioned, with the peacekeepers unable to secure the western areas of East Timor."

  • Although the majority of the peacekeepers figure to be Australian--4,500 out of 7,000, the papers say--the coverage mentions that the Indonesians would prefer a predominantly Asian force.


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