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Ban promises UN probe of sex abuse by peacekeepers (AP)

A UN peacekeeper is followed by Haitian children during a patrol in the Port-au-Prince slum of Cite Soleil in 2007. British charity Save the Children has said that aid workers and peacekeepers are sexually abusing young children in war zones and disaster zones but their actions are largely going unpunished.(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire)AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said Tuesday the United Nations will investigate allegations by a leading children’s charity that U.N. peacekeepers are involved in widespread sexual abuse of children.


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