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US Presses UN Council to Confront Sex Abuse by Peacekeepers

The United States is pressing the U.N. Security Council for the first time to confront the escalating problem of sexual abuse and exploitation by U.N. peacekeepers, which has undermined the credibility of the United Nations. The United States is the biggest financial contributor to the U.N.'s far-flung peacekeeping operations, and U.S. officials say the Obama administration wants the council to send a strong signal that it will not tolerate sexual crimes by troops and police sent to...


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