A new UN report says 69 allegations of sexual
exploitation and abuse were reported in 10 peacekeeping missions in 2015 and
calls for on-site court-martials of alleged perpetrators and DNA testing to
identify them.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's report, obtained on Thursday by The Associated Press, for the first time provides the names of all countries whose troops are allegedly involved.
Nearly one-third of the allegations 22 are from the UN mission in the Central African Republic, where peacekeepers sent to protect civilians in conflict reportedly traded sex for money and abused minors.
Not far behind was the UN mission in Congo, with 16 allegations.
Other peacekeeping missions on the 2015 list were Haiti, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Darfur, Abyei, Cyprus, and the now-closed mission in East Timor.
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