UN mission in Congo holds record in rape, sexual abuse: Report

‘Almost one third of rape and sex abuse crimes committed by United Nations peacekeepers in the past decade and more have occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a new report says.
The results of the investigative report by the Associated Press released on Saturday said of a total of 2,000 sexual abuse and exploitation complaints against UN peacekeepers and other personnel around the world, some 700 came in Congo, the worst such record for a UN mission in the past 12 years.
The report added that a third of all 43 allegations leveled against UN peacekeepers and personnel worldwide this year had happened in the African country.
The UN mission in Congo, with a staggering cost of $1 billion a year, has faced growing criticism over its inability to carry out reforms over the past years. Some countries such as the United States have even called on the UN to end the mission as it has consistently failed to meet its pledges to stop the abuse or help victims.’
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