• Soldiers Worry Over Pay for UN Job ' Peacekeeping Entitlements Unpaid -- [Global Policy Forum] (January 28, 2002) Where did the payment for the Nigerian UN peacekeepers go? The delay in payments from the Nigerian government is negatively affecting the moral of the peacekeepers. (Added: 14-May-2004 Hits: 277 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• The End of U.N. Peacekeeping -- (June 12, 2000) Sierra Leone has struck yet another blow against U.N. peacekeeping. America's U.N. ambassador, Richard Holbrooke, naturally argues that Sierra Leone "is not a metaphor for U.N. peacekeeping." But how could it be otherwise? (Added: 14-Jul-2004 Hits: 345 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

• The Failures of the Current Approach to Peace Operations -- The responsibilities of United Nations' peace operations have greatly expanded and become much more complex since the end of the Cold War, yet the resources allocated and the support necessary to satisfy those responsibilities has not expanded with the need. (Added: 14-Jul-2004 Hits: 739 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• The world ignores genocide in Sudan -- With a new wave of genocide building in Sudan hard on the heels of the tenth anniversary of Rwanda — which brought pious expressions of regret that more wasn't done to stop the killing at the time — we are about to prove ourselves perfectly ready to accept "again." (Added: 25-Jun-2004 Hits: 293 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• U.N. Troops Buy Sex From Teen Refugees -- United Nations peacekeeping troops are sexually exploiting teenage rape victims fleeing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to an investigation by the The Independent newspaper of London. (Added: 14-Jul-2004 Hits: 364 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• UN Peacekeepers Criticized -- (December 22, 2002) Over the past two years, UN peacekeepers have been involved in numerous sex scandals. Recently, in Eritrea where a third of adults are HIV positive, a UNMEE peacekeeper was involved in making pornographic videos of local people. (Added: 14-May-2004 Hits: 321 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• UN Peacekeepers Criticized -- "These people call themselves peacekeepers, when in fact all they want is a long holiday and a chance to fool around with our women. They did not respect our country, our culture or our people." (Added: 14-Jul-2004 Hits: 247 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• UN Says Its Peacekeepers are Spreading AIDS -- (July 7, 2000) Alarmed with the disturbing phenomenon, the US proposed a UN Security Council draft resolution that calls the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations to educate all peacekeepers to halt the proliferation of HIV. (Added: 30-Jun-2004 Hits: 275 Rating: 7.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

• UN Takes Action Against Peacekeepers' Misconduct -- [Global Policy Forum] (March 18, 2002] In reaction to the accusation against the peacekeepers in the UN mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) for sexual abuse and exploitation of refugees, UNAMSIL trains its troops on women and children rights and enforces zero-tolerance against sexual misconduct. (Added: 14-May-2004 Hits: 165 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• UN Whistleblower Says Fired for Sex Claims -- [Global Policy Forum] (June 26, 2002)Media and NGO reports have blamed for years UN and NATO peacekeepers on the Balkans to be contributors to flourishing prostitution, sex slavery, and trafficking of women. Peacekeepers now impede UN human rights office’s own attempts to investigate the allegations. (Added: 14-May-2004 Hits: 137 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• US Blamed for Peacekeeping Failures -- (August 31, 2000) “US is to blame”—such was the message of Kofi Annan in his interview with Time magazine. Even though the Secretary General did not explicitly criticize the Clinton administration, his words were more than direct when he talked about the US as a country that “will not accept a single casualty.” (Added: 30-Jun-2004 Hits: 274 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• When Peacekeepers Turn Into Troublemakers -- Three years ago in Cambodia, 170 people wrote a letter to the Secretary General to complain about the behavior of peacekeepers. The harassment of women,the letter said, "occurs regularly in public restaurants, hotels and bars, banks, markets and shops." (Added: 14-Jul-2004 Hits: 236 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

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