UN Suspends 4 Bangladeshi Soldiers For Sexually Abusing Sudanese Children
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New Age, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Saturday, January 6, 2007
UN suspends four Bangladeshi soldiers
Agence France-Presse . London
The United Nations has suspended four peacekeepers amid allegations of
child sex abuse in Sudan, the Daily Telegraph reported Friday.
One of the four Bangladeshis was accused of serious sexual assault
on a minor and sent home, while three colleagues were repatriated for
allegedly knowing of his actions but failing to act in line with
policy, the paper said.
Earlier this week, the Telegraph claimed that UN staff and
peacekeepers have been accused of abusing children as young as 12 in
southern Sudan.
There are some 10,000 UN personnel in the area who arrived two
years ago to help with reconstruction after a 23-year civil war.
The UN said Thursday it was verifying the allegations to see if
they are new or already under investigation. But a spokeswoman for new
chief Ban Ki-moon stressed that the UN's policy on the issue was 'zero
tolerance, meaning zero complacency and zero impunity'.