UN officials struggle to deal with sex scandal in Congo
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BUKAVU, Congo -- One evening four months ago, a soft-spoken 18-year-old named Aziza was selling bananas in the Bukavu market when some UN peacekeepers summoned her to their car. Aziza went over thinking they wanted to buy fruit, but was persuaded to engage in a different kind of transaction.
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1 December 2004 - The United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo today expressed concern about renewed tensions between the DRC and its eastern neighbour over Rwanda&#39;s expressed intentions to attack DRC-based Rwandan
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U.N. humanitarian chief Jan Egeland on Friday called sexual abuse "a cancer in Congolese society" and urged military and civilian authorities to punish those responsible for rapes.
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Reports of rape are still rife in Darfur, western Sudan, perpetrators of abuses act with impunity, and civilians are being pressured to return to insecure areas, a UN team said on Monday.
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ELEANOR HALL: The United Nation&#39;s chief is facing intense criticism on another issue today too. UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, is under increasing pressure to resign over the corruption allegations surrounding
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NEW YORK: Kofi Annan&#39;s plan to more than double the international peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo has received a frosty reception at the UN Security Council.
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United Nations (UN) personnel will prepare &quot;the first motion of non-confidence in the organization&#39;s history&quot; against UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who has faced a series of scandals.
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Opposing camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo discussed in a UN-brokered meeting ground rules for the second round of presidential elections in the wake of recent violence, the United Nations said.
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A UN investigation has found clear evidence that UN peacekeepers and civilian staff in Congo are guilty of sexual abuse and Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he is &quot;absolutely outraged&quot; by it.
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United Nations peacekeepers in Congo sexually exploited women and girls, some as young as 13, a U.N. watchdog office said Friday in a new confirmation that efforts to curb abuses by U.N. troops are not working.
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The United Nations is investigating reports that Rwandan soldiers carried out human rights abuses against civilians in Democratic Republic of Congo last month, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
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The whiff of scandal has been swirling around the UN for months. But now Kofi Annan himself, the man handpicked by the Americans to lead the organisation seven years ago, is on the ropes.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Robert M. Appleton, a senior U.N. crime fighter, has pursued corruption from New Delhi to Manhattan's swank W Hotel, where two U.N. officials wound down a $6,000 night of drinking, strip clubs and prostitutes, courtesy of a corrupt executive seeking to do business with the Unite...
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The UN nuclear agency says it is investigating reports of uranium smuggling in DR Congo.
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UN chief Ban Ki-Moon and the Security Council called for a probe of last week's deadly violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Bas Congo province and pledged continued UN support to the central African country.
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Already embattled with his ties to the Iraqi Oil for Food scandal, and what some term as the 'Food for Sex' scandal, Kofi Annan has dodged the latest bullet. Well, dodged only in the sense that specific allegations against him was removed at the last minute before passing.    The UN staff union passed a resolution sharply critical of the world body's senior management but expressed support for beleaguered Secretary General Kofi Annan.    An earlier draft of the resolution had strongly worded language about no confidence in senior staff of the United Nations, which has been buffeted by scandals over the past few months.
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UNITED NATIONS -- A senior UN official yesterday called sexual abuse a ``cancer" in the Democratic Republic of Congo and told military and civilian leaders they had to condemn it publicly and prosecute offenders.