UN peacekeepers in Congo hold record for rape, sex abuse

Associated Press ^ | Sep 23, 2017 6:59 AM | Krista Larson and Paisley Dodds

[Olog-hai]

She had been orphaned by a brutal conflict, but the 14-year-old Congolese girl found refuge in a camp protected by United Nations peacekeepers.

The camp should have been safe the day she was raped. A delegation from the U.N. was paying a visit, and her grandmother had left her in charge of her siblings. That was the day, the girl says, that a Pakistani peacekeeper slipped inside their home and assaulted her in front of the other children.

But that was not the end of her story. Even though she reported the rape, the girl never got any help from the U.N. She did become pregnant, however, and had a baby.

If the U.N. sexual abuse crisis has an epicenter, it is the Congo, where the scope of the problem first emerged 13 years ago — and where promised reforms have most clearly fallen short. Of the 2,000 sexual abuse and exploitation complaints made against U.N. peacekeepers and personnel worldwide over the past 12 years, more than 700 occurred in Congo, The Associated Press found. The embattled African nation is home to the U.N.’s largest peacekeeping force, which costs a staggering $1 billion a year. …

[Yaelle]

Screw the UN. For so many reasons. The nations of the world
Are not united. It’s a joke and a waste of Our time and money.

[BenLurkin]

How can it be a “peace-keeping” force when there isn’t any threat of war?

Sounds more like an occupation.

[DIRTYSECRET]

That country is so screwed up they know they can get away with it.

[Navy Patriot]

That country is so screwed up they know they can get away with it.

The UN piecetakers pretty much get away with it everywhere they go.

[SandRat]

Are they Competing with the ISIS Apes for a title?

[piroque]

https://solarmoviez.to/movie/the-siege-of-jadotville-17002.html

[Moorings]

The A$$ Press actually took time to report on this atrocity.

which costs a staggering $1 billion a year

I hope our tax money is not going to pay for UN troops to brutalize local women and underage girls.

The pedo's and pervs need to be packed up and shipped back to the holes they crawled out of.

[antidemoncrat]

UN = $$$$ sinkhole

[piroque]

The Siege of Jadotville The First UN mission Good The movie tells the true story of Irish commander Patrick Quinlan and his battalion of 150 men who withstand a siege by 3,000 Congolese troops led by French and Belgian mercenaries working for mining corporations. Genres: Action, Thriller, Drama Actors: Jamie Dornan, Jason O'Mara, Mark Strong Directors: Richie Smyth Country: International Duration: 108 min Quality: HD Release: 2016 IMDb: 7.7

[YogicCowboy]

Pakistani Peacekeeper:

An oxymoron.

[JudgemAll]

These pakis need to stay out of peace keeping and go to the battle grinder

What the heck the UN hires them like nurses

[hal ogen]

Hey, you un morons. That is “peace” not “piece”.