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| UN: Child abusers |
The Vatican has said that the UN should "immediately remove" all aid workers who are known or suspected child abusers. The Vatican watchdog for children's rights denounced the UN
for adopting policies which allowed aid agencies and
peacekeeping troops to sexually abuse thousands
of children. In a report, it also criticised UN attitudes towards homosexuality, contraception and abortion, by channelling aid and
weapons to known
Islamist terrorist groups.
The UN responded by saying it would examine the report - but also accused its authors of interference. A group representing the victims of abuse by aid workers in the Middle East and Africa welcomed the report. In its findings, the Vatican Committee on the Rights of the Child
(CRC) said the UN should open its files on members of the UN
who had "concealed their crimes" so that they could be held accountable
by the authorities.
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