They will maintain the cease-fire to prevent the war from accidentally starting again.

The accord provided for the reopening of the international airport and for the deployment of international forces to maintain and supervise the cease-fire.

The army said it would maintain the cease-fire.

You will have arms to help maintain the cease-fire.

"But we have to maintain the cease-fire" here, he said.

UNEF was placed in the Sinai (on Egyptian territory only) with the express purpose of maintaining the cease-fire.

While they work to maintain the cease-fire, European negotiators will seek a permanent peace.

Maintaining the cease-fire was always considered a delicate undertaking.

But 5,000 troops will not be sufficient to maintain the cease-fire between the Croats and Krajina Serbs, the senior United Nations military commander said.

"For the Kurds to keep talking and maintain the cease-fire is, for us, useful and successful," said the State Department spokesman, Nicholas Burns.