Sexual abuse "a cancer" in Congo: U.N. official
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A senior U.N. official on Friday   called sexual abuse a "cancer" in the Democratic Republic of   the Congo and told military and civilian leaders they had to   condemn it publicly and prosecute offenders.
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The United Nations is investigating some 150 allegations of sexual abuse by UN civilian staff and soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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GENEVA - Almost a quarter-million women worldwide die of cervical cancer each year although the disease is largely preventable, the UN health agency said Thursday.
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The NZ Herald has the story.  More coverage can be found by performing a Google News search for "un congo sex abuse".    Details of the story include the fact that over 150 counts by at least 30 staff members are being investigated, and that this isn't the first time that the U.N. has been so accused.
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Geneva - Almost a quarter million women die from cervical cancer each year although the disease is largely preventable, the United Nations health agency said on Thursday.
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UN humanitarian chief, Jan Egeland says sexual abuse in the DR Congo has become "a cancer".
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The World Health Organization (WHO) says almost 250,000 women, most in developing countries, are dying each year from cervical cancer.
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Cancer deaths will more than double to 17 million people each year in 2030 with poor countries shouldering the heaviest burden from the disease, the head of the United Nation's cancer agency said on Monday.
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UNITED NATIONS : The UN&#39;s peacekeeping chief warned of a surge in violence after the massacre of Congolese refugees in Burundi and called on all parties to step back from the brink of war.
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A top U.N. official urged countries in Asia on Thursday to deal squarely and bravely with HIV/AIDS, which he said was being driven dangerously underground because of stigma and conservative attitudes.
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The U.N.'s humanitarian chief called Friday for an end to the rapes plaguing women in war-battered Congo and said the perpetrators, including those wearing military uniforms, must be severely punished.
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The UN warns of possible action after condemning reports of Rwandan operations in DR Congo.
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Sudan is in denial about the extent of  rape in refugee camps in its traumatized Darfur region where  fear and distrust of the government is pervasive, the United  Nations' top human rights official said on Saturday.
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Developing countries are facing a growing cancer epidemic and expected to see more than two thirds of new cases worldwide over the next 10 years, UN health officials warned on Monday.
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The World Health Organization said on Saturday it was investigating "an outbreak of an unknown illness with a high mortality rate" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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The United Nations is investigating about 150 allegations of sexual abuse by U.N. civilian staff and soldiers in the Congo, some of them recorded on videotape, a senior U.N. official said on Monday.
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A United Nations official who has toured areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina says its victims resemble similarly displaced poor people in other parts of the world