Maybe others have tried to get the word out on Kofi A$$an.
Posted on 02/23/2006 2:55:03 PM PST by mathprof
Sexual abuse charges against U.N. peacekeepers remain unacceptably high due to a persistent "culture of dismissiveness" in field missions, a U.N. diplomat said on Thursday.
It could take three to four more years for a reform program to fully take hold, Jordan's U.N. ambassador, Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein, said in updating the U.N. Security Council on how the problem was being addressed.
A spike in allegations was "not entirely unexpected" since a system was now in now place to facilitate complaints, he said, and all the reform elements had not yet been implemented. Al-Hussein was asked by the United Nations to recommend reforms after issuing his findings a year ago.
The United Nations has so far investigated allegations against 295 troops, police and other staff, said Jean-Marie Guehenno, the U.N. peacekeeping chief.
To date, 170 of these individuals have been sent home or dismissed, Guehenno said. Seventeen of the 170 were civilians, 16 police and 137 military personnel including six commanders.
"We are making headway in laying the foundations for the prevention of the problem in the longer term," he said.
The United Nations has 18 peacekeeping missions with over 85,000 staff from more than 100 countries and an annual budget of nearly $5 billion.
While a reform program was still being implemented, the most effective measure against abuse would be full enforcement of a ban on prostitution, he said.
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If Bent Willie were the only one doing it.
LOL! It does beg the question.
Guess the UN hasn't been briefed on 'zero tolerance'.
LOL. Yeah, no kidding! The UN - what a marvelous organization; only liberals could want everyone to be subject to this collection of corrupt, socialist thugs.
In order to be acceptable, every person must get to engage in roughly the same amount of sex abuse. It would not be fair to have some engaging in rampant sex abuse, while others have little or no sex abuse.
Since it is very difficult to stop the worst offenders, the only way to produce an equitable sex abuse distribution profile is for those who are not currently engaging in sex abuse to start making efforts in this area. If the least active sex abusers can be persuaded to engage in at least a little sex abuse on a regular basis, the distribution profile can be improved dramatically at very little cost.
Remedial classes in sex abuse for chronic non-abusers are to begin immediately. All segments of the United Nations Operations will be expected to participate in this sex abuse program and set realistic 1-, 5- and Ten-Year targets for Sex Abuse Campaign participation..
If Bill Clinton's dream of being UN head is realized, he could define the "acceptable" level of sex abuse!
No doubt. So, if at the end of the year they still haven't reached the "acceptable limit", is someone supposed to march out and knock one off for the team?
They don't want everyone subject to it......They plan to be on the "subjecting" side, not the "subjected" side.....
The UN wants the peacekeepers to be stone cold sober when engaging in sex abuse.
I hope that the UN can work out these issues, from a new headquarters, in the Hague or Tehran. They do not belong here, and as they daily demonstrate, do not deserve to be here.
U.S. Ambassador John Bolton, who scheduled Thursday's briefing as the Security Council president for February, said he was troubled no OIOS official had been allowed to participate in the meeting.
The unit took control of all cases, but was not allowed to participate in a meeting that may talk about sexual abuse?
I think his dream is getting UN head.
The UN is an enormous failure just as the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were failures.
History tells us that most organizations trying to succeed without God usually fail miserably.
I know.
Fox News just played a video clip of a UN Range Rover driving by with a prostitute in the passenger seat.
I am so grateful that my US taxpayer dollars go to that organization. (sarcasm)
Even with the help of God, their chances of stopping soldiers from trying to meet and bed available women are nugatory at best.
I guess you just need to be right below the acceptable level to keep the good thing going???
It is racist and insulting to judge those people by wicked white man's standards...
Apparently you miss the point.
The UN is a secular vehicle which refuses to acknowledge the virtues of Christianity or Judaism.
Subsequently, their "international force" is about as virtuous as the prostitutes they solicit.
Without faith in God, our own military and nation would probably behave just as unethically.
The UN has failed at everything it has been a part of, and it will never succeed at anything it attempts.
This is simply because the organization is devoid of faith in God, and the ethics this faith brings.
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