Wednesday, May 10, 2006

UN Vows Action...

World Yawns....

From Yahoo!News:
The United Nations will take action against any employees who sexually abuse girls in Liberia, an official said Tuesday in response accusations that aid workers and peacekeepers were trading food for sex with girls left homeless by war.
The aid group Save the Children, which surveyed nearly 160 children and about 170 adults who were either living in camps or had recently returned home, said Monday they were repeatedly told of girls having sex with older men in exchange for money, food and other goods.

The accused included peacekeeping troops, aid workers and other powerful men in the community. The group's report did not give the nationality of the aid workers or peacekeepers involved. About 17,000 U.N. peacekeepers are based in Liberia.


I wonder if it will take 12 years and 17 resolutions to get something done? That seems the standard....