UN pursues allegations of peacekeeper misconduct
More than four dozen United Nations peacekeepers have been punished for committing acts of sexual exploitation and abuse while on UN missions since 2007, the United Nations says. Punishments have ranged from reductions in rank to prison sentences. The UN has referred more than 450 incidents of misconduct to national governments since 2007 but has received responses in only 29 of the cases.
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This story published in UN Wire on 11/06/2009
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