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UN officials acknowledge the problem, including its own personnel involved in committing sexually exploitive or abuse acts. Yet acknowledgement only highlights its "tendency to compartmentalize problems....rather than (address) symptoms of the larger political economy that it is unable or unwilling to deal with constructively."
The UN's zero tolerance policy is more rhetoric than effective policy, and won't change fundamentals on the ground that include an informal and exploitable labor force, corruption and criminality, no accountability, and ongoing sex trade. As a result, UN peacekeepers are more corrosive and negative, not a positive influence where they're deployed. They serve power, not local people needs, and that's the crux of the problem UN authorities make no effort to address or correct.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.
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