The New Humanitarian | UN reforms aim to end sexual abuse by peacekeepers
JOHANNESBURG When Roxanna Carrillo came to work at the new United Nations peacekeeping mission in Burundi in September 2004, she knew she needed to clarify the standards of behaviour expected of personnel. As head of the innovative 'code of conduct' unit at the United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB), Carrillo has been responsible for training and monitoring the deportment of UN peacekeeping staff in the central African nation, where more than 200,000 people have died in ethnic violence since 1993. Efforts to establish a power-sharing government are currently underway, but violence remains...
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