2005-01-08

Sexual Abuse by UN Troops in Congo Hasn't Stopped - not even under mango trees!

From the friendly folks who gave us Srebrenica, Rwanda, Bhutanese refugees, HAMAS-run UNRWA and Darfur:

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Sexual abuse of girls by U.N. peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was widespread and ongoing despite many revelations and probes, the U.N. watchdog agency reported on Friday.

The peacekeepers over the last year have been accused of gang rapes, sexual harassment and bribing children as young as 12 or 13 with eggs, milk and a few dollars to have sex in bushes, on the bare ground or under mango trees.

The new report by the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) concentrates on Bunia, in the eastern part of the Congo, where fighting was intense earlier this year.
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FROM SEVERAL NATIONS

One French U.N. staffer, who made pornographic videos of children, was jailed in France for rape. South Africa is taking action against two soldiers. Allegations have also been made against soldiers from Uruguay, Morocco, Tunisia, and Nepal.


And there are still people, even "intelligent" ("naive?") people who call for the Toyota Taliban to come and "fix" things here in Nepal...
UN must transform or it will be run ouf of (N.Y.C.-)town. We cannot sit in the same Assembly with cannibals!

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