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UN adopts resolution to repatriate peacekeepers facing sexual abuse allegations


The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution that calls for the repatriation of peacekeeping units whose soldiers face allegations of sexual abuse.

The US-drafted resolution — the first by the Security Council to confront the rise in sex abuse claims against peacekeepers — was adopted by a vote of 14 in favour, with Egypt abstaining.

The UN has been badly shaken by a wave of allegations that its peacekeepers in the Central African Republic raped girls and exploited women.

A UN report released last week showed a hike in the number of allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation by peacekeepers in 10 missions, from 52 in 2014 to 69 last year..... Read More

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