This Is Not A Surprise

Hold on to your hats because that wind you feel isn't Hurricane Wilma, but the hot air from the UN:

Report Finds U.N. Isn't Moving to End Sex Abuse by Peacekeepers
By WARREN HOGE
Published: October 19, 2005
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 18 - The United Nations has developed procedures to curb sexual abuse by peacekeepers, but the measures are not being put into force because of a deep-seated culture of tolerating sexual exploitation, an independent review reported Tuesday.

That's right folks. It's a cultural thing that reforms haven't been implemented. Who to blame?

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan for starters. He's overlooked this nasty little problem for years. And I'd also blame the Security Council for overlooking the problem as well.

As of September, only 10 of the 17 peacekeeping missions had a fulltime gender advisory position, the report said. According to United Nations figures, the 17 missions involve 80,000 people.

Anna Shotton of the United Nations peacekeeping department said that while "tremendous progress has been made over the past year to drive home the U.N.'s message of zero tolerance and zero impunity," the message had still not taken hold.

She said that over the past 20 months, investigations had been completed on 221 accused peacekeepers, resulting in the firing of 10 civilian employees and the repatriation of 88 military men, including 6 commanders.

That's the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

UPDATE:
Laurence Simon suggests playing United Nations Peacekeeper Rape Bingo.