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              UN probes Ivory Coast abuse
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007 The United Nations is investigating allegations of widespread sexual abuse by hundreds of its peacekeepers serving in the Ivory Coast. A Moroccan battalion of 800 troops in Bouake, in the north of the country, were confined to their barracks on Friday and all of the contingent’s activities suspended. The UN said an internal investigation “revealed serious allegations of widespread sexual exploitation and abuse” by the unit which is serving in Bouake. The soldiers are alleged to have had sex with a large number of underage girls. Announcing the battalion’s suspension, Hamadoun Toure, a spokesman for the UN mission in Ivory Coast, said: “It means they don’t participate in our operations.” “Those who are found guilty will be sent back home,” he said. The Ivory Coast mission numbers just over 9,000 uniformed personnel from more than 40 countries. Moroccans make up the bulk of the force in Bouake, with some Bangladesh police, Pakistani engineers and Ghanaian medical personnel. The peacekeepers, backed by troops from France, the country’s former colonial ruler, are in Ivory Coast to support a peace agreement between Laurent Gbagbo, the Ivorian president, and Guillaume Soro, a resistance leader. Sexual violations In recent years, the UN has been struck by a string of allegations of sexual violations by its forces around the world. UN officials have said that more than 300 members of UN peacekeeping missions around the world have been investigated for sexual exploitation and abuse over the past three years, including in Cambodia and Haiti. The body’s operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo have also seen a number of allegations recently, despite a “zero-tolerance” policy. A 2005 UN report said soldiers should be punished for any sexual abuse, their pay docked and a fund set up to assist any women and girls they impregnated. But member nations have not agreed to this. Have Your Say: UN probes Ivory Coast abuse Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. Related News
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