UN: 150 Sex Abuse Charges in Congo Peacekeeping
Yahoo! News - UN: 150 Sex Abuse Charges in Congo Peacekeeping:
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations (news - web sites) is investigating about 150 allegations of sexual abuse by U.N. civilian staff and soldiers in the Congo, some of them recorded on videotape, a senior U.N. official said on Monday.
The accusations include pedophilia, rape and prostitution, said Jane Holl Lute, an assistant secretary-general in the peacekeeping department.
Lute, an American, said there was photographic and video evidence for some of the allegations and most of the charges 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,' Lute told a news conference."
Yahoo! News - UN: 150 Sex Abuse Charges in Congo Peacekeeping:
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations (news - web sites) is investigating about 150 allegations of sexual abuse by U.N. civilian staff and soldiers in the Congo, some of them recorded on videotape, a senior U.N. official said on Monday.
The accusations include pedophilia, rape and prostitution, said Jane Holl Lute, an assistant secretary-general in the peacekeeping department.
Lute, an American, said there was photographic and video evidence for some of the allegations and most of the charges 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,' Lute told a news conference."
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