preservation of peace
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreservationandpeace
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preservation
noun[U]
uk/ˌprez.əˈveɪ.ʃən/us/ˌprez.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
the act of keeping something the same or of preventing it from ...
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peace
noun[U]
uk/piːs/us/piːs/
freedom from war and violence, especially when people live and work together happily ...
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(Definition ofpreservationandpeacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In descending order of importance, they are the transforming or maintaining of the system, thepreservationofpeace, and the management of common economic and other problems.
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We hope that the lessons have been brought home to all potential aggressors and that a step has been taken towards thepreservationofpeace.
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I should have thought that conditions to-day would justify an even greater penalty in the interests of thepreservationofpeace.
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Thepreservationofpeaceis of vital importance.
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He went on to say that peace was indivisible and the machinery for thepreservationofpeaceshould be world-wide.
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They affected the world as a whole, and thepreservationofpeaceis not of continental, but of universal, concern.
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But we should never forget that thepreservationofpeace, however expensive, is far cheaper than war.
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I define deterrence as a defensive military posture that seeks, above all, thepreservationofpeace.
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The ancient theory was that there was responsibility of each recognised area for thepreservationofpeacewithin its borders.
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First, thepreservationofpeace, for we can earn our living only by trade and trade can flourish only in peace.
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Thepreservationofpeacedepends on the exercise of responsibility and restraint.
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Thepreservationofpeaceis a separate category.
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They are working mutually to our advantage and the advantage of thepreservationofpeace.
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That question has been faced in a special degree by those who are very much in earnest in regard to tilepreservationofpeace.
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But putting thepreservationofpeacein the first place, let us see what is the next great object that we must have in view.
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In this way there would be established a kind of equilibrium which is in practice necessary for thepreservationofpeace.
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He gave a general pledge as regards thepreservationofpeaceat public meetings.
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This moulding of a new instrument for thepreservationofpeaceand security is a great task.
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My concern is for thepreservationofpeace.
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They are vital matters affecting the health and wealth of this country and thepreservationofpeaceand our ability to keep it.
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