The UN Loves The Little Children

Yes, the United Nations loves little children so much that numerous UN Peacekeepers and civilian UN staff in DR Congo have sexually exploited and abused women and girls.

As The BBC reports UN forces meant to protect civilians have instead sexually abused Congolese children.

As a of last month a team investigated 72 allegations of abuse by UN peacekeepers and civilian staff. Twenty-six of these, involving soldiers from Pakistan, Nepal, Tunisia, South Africa and Uruguay, were substantiated.

And what pray-tell has the United Nations instituted as a fix for this sick tragedy? In response, the UN introduced a non-fraternisation policy, banning its peacekeepers from having sex with local people.

But UN officials stressed they have no power to discipline peacekeepers.

They can only send them home and request that the country of origin takes action.

And it is only when countries like Morocco prosecute offenders, they say, that sexual abuse by peacekeepers can be stamped out.

UPDATE: ABC News Reports that United Nations workers dispatched to the Congo as peacekeepers have instead been raping and pillaging their way through the country, with one senior U.N. official photographing his victims as he assaulted them.

ABC News Congo Sex Crimes Investigation - Slideshow

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