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posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday August 10 2016, @07:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the flawed-logic dept.

Washington's ambassador to the U.N. this week circulated a draft resolution to the 15-member Security Council, seen by Reuters, that would approve a regional protection force "to use all necessary means, including undertaking robust and active steps and engaging in direct operations where necessary," to secure Juba and protect the airport and other key facilities.

Meanwhile a U.N. report released Friday said the organization's own peacekeepers failed through a "combination of inaction, abandonment of post and refusal to engage" to protect people who were attacked by gunmen within a U.N. Protection of Civilians site in the city of Malakal.

[...] Beyond failing to do their job, U.N. peacekeepers have been embroiled in sexual abuse scandals involving children being paid for sex and raped at the hands of soldiers.

A report last March revealed that at least 98 girls from the Central African Republic were sexually abused by U.N. peacekeepers and French troops, with four of the girls forced to have sex with a dog by a French commander. The soldiers were deployed as part of the U.N.'s mission in CAR known as MINUSCA.

[...] In June, The Intercept reported that rebel forces in South Sudan used child soldiers and that the U.S. State Department, under Hillary Clinton, sent arms despite a law that bans providing military assistance to nations that arm children.

Source: TeleSUR

South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011, following a referendum that passed with 98.83% of the vote.


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  • (Score: 2) by Spook brat on Wednesday August 10 2016, @04:16PM

    by Spook brat (775) on Wednesday August 10 2016, @04:16PM (#386301) Journal

    Good points; thanks for the support. I definitely could have worded my post better, and you did a good job capturing my intent. I'm kinda world-weary about this: I'm sad that the UN forces are living down to my bad opinion of them. We can and should demand better from those entrusted with enforcing global peace.

    What we need is a spotlight on the crimes and prosecution for the perpetrators. Until the UN demonstrates that it can participate in peacekeeping without also committing or abetting atrocities themselves their involvement should be limited.

    More people need to know about this issue so foxes no longer have the run of the henhouse on any continent.

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  • (Score: 2) by Jeremiah Cornelius on Wednesday August 10 2016, @05:02PM

    by Jeremiah Cornelius (2785) on Wednesday August 10 2016, @05:02PM (#386323) Journal

    I believe that our problem is a race-to-the-bottom that has been led by the supposed exemplars.

    When the uses of "democracy" and "human rights" become transparent shams for the quasi-Imperial actions of states with elite economic and military positions, then all devolving standards for behavior suffer equal deterioration.

    This is evident in the hollow efforts made to token prosecution and restitution. We are in a dark age.

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