News Source: Scoop
| 23 days ago
This is according to the Department of Field Support (DFS), which added that the punishments included forced retirement, withdrawal of officer’s commission, various lengths of imprisonment and outright dismissal. Last year, two military personnel...
News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 23 days ago
Aides say Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told political allies he won't run in January elections, citing frustration with an impasse in peace talks with Israel. The United Nations says at least 50 peacekeepers have been punished by national...
News Source: The independent
| 23 days ago
At least 50 peacekeepers have received punishments ranging from reduction in military rank to eight months imprisonment for committing sexual abuses on United Nations missions since 2007, the UN said today. The figures were released after media...
News Source: Seattle Times
| 23 days ago
The United Nations says at least 50 peacekeepers have been punished by national authorities over the last three years for committing sexual abuses on U.N. missions. The U.N. says the punishments ranged from reduction in military rank to eight months...