Peacekeeping - UN Style

[Mike]

The type of leadership OT would be proud of:

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – United Nations peacekeepers in Ivory Coast enticed underage girls in a poor part of the West African nation to exchange sex for food, according to a United States Embassy cable released by WikiLeaks.

The cable written in January 2010 focuses on the behavior of Beninese peacekeepers stationed in the western town of Toulepleu, an area that has been at the crosshairs of the nation's 10-year-long conflict.




A random poll of 10 underage girls in Toulepleu by aid group Save The Children U.K. in 2009 found that eight performed sexual acts for Benin peacekeepers on a regular basis in order to secure their most basic needs. "Eight of the 10 said they had ongoing sexual relationships with Beninese soldiers in exchange for food or lodging," the diplomat wrote in the cable, citing information shared with the embassy by a protection officer.

On Tuesday, United Nations spokesman Michel Bonnardeaux confirmed that in April, 16 Beninese peacekeepers were repatriated to Benin and are barred from serving in the U.N. following a yearlong investigation.

"We see it as a command and control problem," said Bonnardeaux who spoke by telephone from New York. Of the 16, 10 were commanders and the rest were soldiers.

The commanders, he said, "failed to maintain an environment that prevents sexual exploitation and abuse."

Sexual misconduct by U.N. troops has been reported in a number of countries including Congo, Cambodia and Haiti -- as well as in an earlier incident involving Moroccan peacekeepers in Ivory Coast.

In 2007, a 730-strong battalion of peacekeepers from Morocco was asked to suspend its activities in the northern Ivorian city of Bouake after the U.N. received allegations of sexual misconduct involving local girls.

A report published a year later by Save the Children U.K. identified Ivory Coast as one of the places where sexual barter between peacekeepers and girls was occurring. The peacekeepers traded food as well as mobile phones for sex, the report said.

The recently released cable identifies for the first time the Benin peacekeeping contingent.

It also makes clear that the sexual exploitation continued through at least the last month of 2009, quoting a protection officer with Save the Children who spoke to the embassy in January 2010.

The officer said that the "sexual exploitation and abuse problem among (United Nations) personnel is more extensive than is recognized."

Parents were encouraging their daughters to sleep with the peacekeepers so they would provide for them, according to the cable.

Bonnardeaux said that 42 allegations of sexual abuse by U.N. staff in Ivory Coast have been reported since 2007. Sixteen involved minors. None have been reported yet this year, according to U.N. records.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/01/cable-un-peacekeepers-traded-food-for-sex/#ixzz1WjpCZ3GC

 

[Anonymous]

The type of leadership OT would be proud of:

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – United Nations peacekeepers in Ivory Coast enticed underage girls in a poor part of the West African nation to exchange sex for food, according to a United States Embassy cable released by WikiLeaks.

The cable written in January 2010 focuses on the behavior of Beninese peacekeepers stationed in the western town of Toulepleu, an area that has been at the crosshairs of the nation's 10-year-long conflict.




A random poll of 10 underage girls in Toulepleu by aid group Save The Children U.K. in 2009 found that eight performed sexual acts for Benin peacekeepers on a regular basis in order to secure their most basic needs. "Eight of the 10 said they had ongoing sexual relationships with Beninese soldiers in exchange for food or lodging," the diplomat wrote in the cable, citing information shared with the embassy by a protection officer.

On Tuesday, United Nations spokesman Michel Bonnardeaux confirmed that in April, 16 Beninese peacekeepers were repatriated to Benin and are barred from serving in the U.N. following a yearlong investigation.

"We see it as a command and control problem," said Bonnardeaux who spoke by telephone from New York. Of the 16, 10 were commanders and the rest were soldiers.

The commanders, he said, "failed to maintain an environment that prevents sexual exploitation and abuse."

Sexual misconduct by U.N. troops has been reported in a number of countries including Congo, Cambodia and Haiti -- as well as in an earlier incident involving Moroccan peacekeepers in Ivory Coast.

In 2007, a 730-strong battalion of peacekeepers from Morocco was asked to suspend its activities in the northern Ivorian city of Bouake after the U.N. received allegations of sexual misconduct involving local girls.

A report published a year later by Save the Children U.K. identified Ivory Coast as one of the places where sexual barter between peacekeepers and girls was occurring. The peacekeepers traded food as well as mobile phones for sex, the report said.

The recently released cable identifies for the first time the Benin peacekeeping contingent.

It also makes clear that the sexual exploitation continued through at least the last month of 2009, quoting a protection officer with Save the Children who spoke to the embassy in January 2010.

The officer said that the "sexual exploitation and abuse problem among (United Nations) personnel is more extensive than is recognized."

Parents were encouraging their daughters to sleep with the peacekeepers so they would provide for them, according to the cable.

Bonnardeaux said that 42 allegations of sexual abuse by U.N. staff in Ivory Coast have been reported since 2007. Sixteen involved minors. None have been reported yet this year, according to U.N. records.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/01/cable-un-peacekeepers-traded-food-for-sex/#ixzz1WjpCZ3GC

I have never been a great fan of the UN....But I suppose with your past history your intent is as another way to kick dirt at the current administration- and a way to hit at people not of the right color for you...

In 2007, a 730-strong battalion of peacekeepers from Morocco was asked to suspend its activities in the northern Ivorian city of Bouake after the U.N. received allegations of sexual misconduct involving local girls.
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Bonnardeaux said that 42 allegations of sexual abuse by U.N. staff in Ivory Coast have been reported since 2007. Sixteen involved minors. None have been reported yet this year, according to U.N. records.

GEE WHILIKERS-- I wonder who was in office and who's administration this was set up under to have it happen in 2007 :???: :roll:

 

[hypocritexposer]

The type of leadership OT would be proud of:

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – United Nations peacekeepers in Ivory Coast enticed underage girls in a poor part of the West African nation to exchange sex for food, according to a United States Embassy cable released by WikiLeaks.

The cable written in January 2010 focuses on the behavior of Beninese peacekeepers stationed in the western town of Toulepleu, an area that has been at the crosshairs of the nation's 10-year-long conflict.




A random poll of 10 underage girls in Toulepleu by aid group Save The Children U.K. in 2009 found that eight performed sexual acts for Benin peacekeepers on a regular basis in order to secure their most basic needs. "Eight of the 10 said they had ongoing sexual relationships with Beninese soldiers in exchange for food or lodging," the diplomat wrote in the cable, citing information shared with the embassy by a protection officer.

On Tuesday, United Nations spokesman Michel Bonnardeaux confirmed that in April, 16 Beninese peacekeepers were repatriated to Benin and are barred from serving in the U.N. following a yearlong investigation.

"We see it as a command and control problem," said Bonnardeaux who spoke by telephone from New York. Of the 16, 10 were commanders and the rest were soldiers.

The commanders, he said, "failed to maintain an environment that prevents sexual exploitation and abuse."

Sexual misconduct by U.N. troops has been reported in a number of countries including Congo, Cambodia and Haiti -- as well as in an earlier incident involving Moroccan peacekeepers in Ivory Coast.

In 2007, a 730-strong battalion of peacekeepers from Morocco was asked to suspend its activities in the northern Ivorian city of Bouake after the U.N. received allegations of sexual misconduct involving local girls.

A report published a year later by Save the Children U.K. identified Ivory Coast as one of the places where sexual barter between peacekeepers and girls was occurring. The peacekeepers traded food as well as mobile phones for sex, the report said.

The recently released cable identifies for the first time the Benin peacekeeping contingent.

It also makes clear that the sexual exploitation continued through at least the last month of 2009, quoting a protection officer with Save the Children who spoke to the embassy in January 2010.

The officer said that the "sexual exploitation and abuse problem among (United Nations) personnel is more extensive than is recognized."

Parents were encouraging their daughters to sleep with the peacekeepers so they would provide for them, according to the cable.

Bonnardeaux said that 42 allegations of sexual abuse by U.N. staff in Ivory Coast have been reported since 2007. Sixteen involved minors. None have been reported yet this year, according to U.N. records.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/01/cable-un-peacekeepers-traded-food-for-sex/#ixzz1WjpCZ3GC

I have never been a great fan of the UN....But I suppose with your past history your intent is as another way to kick dirt at the current administration- and a way to hit at people not of the right color for you...

In 2007, a 730-strong battalion of peacekeepers from Morocco was asked to suspend its activities in the northern Ivorian city of Bouake after the U.N. received allegations of sexual misconduct involving local girls.
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Bonnardeaux said that 42 allegations of sexual abuse by U.N. staff in Ivory Coast have been reported since 2007. Sixteen involved minors. None have been reported yet this year, according to U.N. records.

GEE WHILIKERS-- I wonder who was in office and who's administration this was set up under to have it happen in 2007 :???: :roll:

"Bush told the soldiers to do it"

:roll: :lol:


My gosh do you ever make yourself look stupid

 

[Anonymous]

The type of leadership OT would be proud of:

I have never been a great fan of the UN....But I suppose with your past history your intent is as another way to kick dirt at the current administration- and a way to hit at people not of the right color for you...

In 2007, a 730-strong battalion of peacekeepers from Morocco was asked to suspend its activities in the northern Ivorian city of Bouake after the U.N. received allegations of sexual misconduct involving local girls.
-----
Bonnardeaux said that 42 allegations of sexual abuse by U.N. staff in Ivory Coast have been reported since 2007. Sixteen involved minors. None have been reported yet this year, according to U.N. records.

GEE WHILIKERS-- I wonder who was in office and who's administration this was set up under to have it happen in 2007 :???: :roll:

"Bush told the soldiers to do it"

:roll: :lol:


My gosh do you ever make yourself look stupid

It wasn't me-- it was Mike blaming it on the leadership!! And I agree- it does make him look that way.....

 

[Larrry]

and a way to hit at people not of the right color for you...

Isn't it funny how the left always has to interject race into a topic. The left and their racist attitude is always there.

 

[Mike]

It also makes clear that the sexual exploitation continued through at least the last month of 2009, quoting a protection officer with Save the Children who spoke to the embassy in January 2010.

But Buckwheat was going to change the world and it's outlook on U.S. & International affairs with the snap of a finger.

I suppose he took the Clintonian view and looked the other way allowing Millions to be murdered in Africa and dared them to use the word "genocide".

But Clinton apologized and that makes it OK. :roll:

 

[Steve]

I have never been a great fan of the UN

abolish the EPA,

eliminate the dept of Education..

OT are you out of Kool-aide?

 

[Lonecowboy]

I have never been a great fan of the UN

abolish the EPA,

eliminate the dept of Education..

OT are you out of Kool-aide?

I am going on record as standing with oldtimer again today- maybe there still is hope!

Yes to eliminating ALL unconstitutional bureaucracies and spending-

 

[loomixguy]

GEE WHILIKERS-- I wonder who was in office and who's administration this was set up under to have it happen in 2007 :???: :roll:

GEE WHILIKERS--Since when does an American President have control over UN soldiers from Benin, or Morocco, or any other country foreign to the United States?? :???:

Talk about the senile getting dumber and dumber every day... :roll: