- Industria: NGO
- Number of terms: 31364
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- Company Profile:
The United Nations Organization (UNO), or simply United Nations (UN), is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace.
Equipment not approved by the UN, but considered essential by a troop-contributing country, for security, communications, medical or welfare purposes, and which remains that country's responsibility (without reimbursement)
Industry:Military
Equipment that the medical start-up unit takes to the mission area: a 20 foot ISO container shelter, preinstalled with medical and general equipment to operate as a medical facility for resuscitation and advanced life support; a tent operating as a holding facility; a support trailer providing power and water purification; plus various medical equipment.
Industry:Military
Equipment, supplies, ammunition and personnel involved in the use of cannon, rocket or surface-to-surface missile launchers, and mobile enough to accompany and support infantry, mechanized, armored, airborne and airmobile units in the field.
Industry:Military
Established 1993 on request of the General Assembly in order to coordinate and standardize peace-keeping training, organic to Planning Division, Office of Planning and Support, Department of Peace-Keeping Operations.
Industry:Military
Established by troop-contributing nations to explore the option of creating a rapid deployment force within the framework of the UNSAS, and thus safeguarding national sovereignty issues; a number of Member States can, by forming an affiliation between appropriate contributions to the UNSAS, make a pre-established Multinational UN Stand-by Forces High-Readiness Brigade available to the UN, thus providing a rapid deployment capability for deployments of a limited duration; employment of the Brigade mandated by the Security Council will be subject to approval by the participating nations for their individual troop contributions, thereby satisfying the government's national obligations.
Industry:Military
Establishment proposed by Denmark is assembled from appropriate contributions to the UNSAS and used for peace-keeping (Chapter VI) missions. Its abbreviated name is "United Nations high-readiness brigade"
Industry:Military
Evacuation from the point of injury to the next suitable level of care.
Industry:Military
Evacuation of medical cases between levels of care established in theatre (intra-theatre MEDEVAC) or to medical facilities out of theatre (inter-theatre MEDEVAC); also found: 'to be medevaced'
Industry:Military
Evaluates the nature and scope of potential operations in specific geographic areas and the resources required to mount these operations.
Industry:Military
Evaluation and classification of casualties for purposes of treatment and evacuation, according to type and seriousness of injury, and likelihood of survival.
Industry:Military
