Kofi, Say It Ain't So!

[Annie]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle....FFA?type=topNews&storyID=7745333&pageNumber=1

U.N. Fears Peacekeepers Commit Sex Abuse Worldwide
Fri Feb 25, 2005 04:32 PM ET

By Saul Hudson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.N. officials fear the sex-abuse scandal among peacekeepers in Africa is far more widespread and appears to be a problem in each of the global body's 16 missions around the world.

As the world body seeks to crack down on the abuse, it could bar countries from participating in missions if they fail to prosecute offenders, even though the U.N. is hard-pressed to find contributing nations, the officials said on Friday.

Rocked by widespread abuse of women and girls, including gang rape, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations also has found sexual exploitation cases in at least four other missions -- in Burundi, Liberia, Ivory Coast -- as well as more recently in Haiti, they added.

"We think this will look worse before it begins to look better," Jane Holl Lute, assistant secretary general for peacekeeping operations, told reporters. "We expect that more information will come from every mission on allegations. We are prepared for that...."

 

[dilloduck]

Someone needs to spike the UN like the fuckin loose cannon it is :firing:

 

[Annie]

Someone needs to spike the UN like the fuckin loose cannon it is :firing:

I wish Taff would come and comment. This is not an organization that could recover in time, if ever to serve and protect the world community.

 

[musicman]

Can you imagine the outpouring of rage from the press if these were American soldiers? There'd be round-the-clock coverage, calls for impeachment - just think of it.

And, of course, the UN's ongoing status as a toothless tiger, determinedly galloping through unreality, is confirmed. "All right guys - this is it! Either you play nice, or you won't be asked to go on any more of these useless missions that we can't get anyone decent to go on to begin with!" Kofi speaks, the world trembles.....

 

[musicman]

Actually, it's more like, Kofi speaks, and the world locks up its wives and daughters, while clutching its wallet.

 

[Johnney]

at least the US only kicks peoples asses...

 

[Johnney]

The U.N. is another issue I am done with, if you can't see how completey disfunctional it is then oh well!

im going to start refering to it as the osbournes