Posted on 11/22/2004 5:55:39 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
THE United Nations is investigating about 150 allegations of sexual abuse by UN civilian staff and soldiers in the Congo, some of them recorded on videotape, a senior UN official said today.
The accusations include pedophilia, rape and prostitution, said Jane Holl Lute, an assistant secretary-general in the peacekeeping department.
Ms Lute, an American, said there was photographic and video evidence for some of the allegations and most of the allegations came to light since the spring.
"We are shining a light on this problem in order to determine its scope, and we will not stop there," Ms Lute told a news conference. She did not say if 150 different people were involved but indicated some suspects committed more than one offence.
In May the UN reported some 30 cases of abuse among peacekeepers in the north eastern town of Bunia, where half of the soldiers are stationed.
Since then one French soldier was sent home and three UN civilian staff were suspended, with many other cases expected to follow. Reports from the region say soldiers from other nations have also been repatriated to face charges at home.
Jean-Marie Guehenno, the UN undersecretary-general for peacekeeping, went to the sprawling central African country, formally called the Democratic Republic of the Congo, last month. He has promised an overhaul of staff discipline.
The UN internal oversight office is expected to release a report soon on the abuse in Bunia. In addition, the peacekeeping department is sending at least two other teams to Congo to deal with various aspects of the problem, Ms Lute said.
The revelations of peacekeeping abuses is usually kept quiet at the UN until reporters or individual countries disclose the news, as happened in Cambodia in the early 1990s and later in Somalia, Bosnia and Ethiopia.
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"Your winnings, sir."
What is AIDS prevalence there? One would think that UN types (well, at least those with more seniority) could add two and two.
It's funny that this story was posted.
All weekend I judged a high school debate tournament in Chicago where UN peacekeeping was the topic. The debaters kept making the argument that peacekeeping was nearly always immoral and improper because of its history of contributing to sex trafficking and rape. I was somewhat skeptical of this sole argument invalidating the UN entire operations.
I guess they were more right than I imagined.
What will it take to get the U.S. out of this corrupt organization and throw them out of Manhattan?
Sounds like Roland the (headless) Thompson Gunner needs to pay another visit to the Congo.
This institution is so morally corrupt, it's mind boggling. We need to get the UN the hell out of country and stop funding NOW, otherwise we are contributing to the evils that are being committed like these sex abuse charges.
Let me see if I have it right with regard to the American press.
For me, the press must be stopped. This is not protected speech. This is sedition.
btt
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31099
Could it really be that all of their humanitarian mewling is merely cover for an advanced form of brutalization and rape?
The UN seens to be preying for piece.....
Prostitution, pedophilia, peacekeeping. So many "p" words but not the media coverage clincher...panties on the victims heads.
They're not messing around with adult women. These are children,and I'll bet they wore a condom and didn't care.
The UN virtually created the prostitution industry in Cambodia.
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