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UNITED NATIONS - OUTSOURCING PEACEKEEPING

<br /> <br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCR4i4CRjDhmgbFUYAWp5d3tDxeuT3fJ-lN5G__QTE9-3JR7tWdFuHnmccdaLHAld1Dvxd1-T0lUniKpnZZopRW-5-PrC1tJO8y8JoJ4hB53hoYpkQaykQagTJ3Ax8EwENwHYNm3dz7nx/s1600/united-nations-flag-icon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCR4i4CRjDhmgbFUYAWp5d3tDxeuT3fJ-lN5G__QTE9-3JR7tWdFuHnmccdaLHAld1Dvxd1-T0lUniKpnZZopRW-5-PrC1tJO8y8JoJ4hB53hoYpkQaykQagTJ3Ax8EwENwHYNm3dz7nx/s1600/united-nations-flag-icon.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">UNITED NATIONS MULLS USE OF MERCENARIES FOR INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTIONS </span></b></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2013/07/26/UN-mulls-use-of-private-security-groups/UPI-33211374858786/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">Source: UPI</span></b></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">UNITED NATIONS is assessing private military and security companies and their commitment to international norms, an envoy said from New York</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The UNITED NATIONS announced a panel discussion on the use of mercenaries and private security companies is scheduled in due course at U.N. headquarters.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Group director Anton Katz said the UNITED NATIONS has an opportunity to influence the standards and behavior of the private security industry in a way that puts it in line with international human rights laws.Katz said the working group would assess a draft measure which would provide an overview of U.N. policies on mercenaries and private contractors.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The UNITED NATIONS should serve as a model for world governments and other organizations in its use of private military and security companies,” he said in a statement Friday. “Without proper standards and oversight, the outsourcing of security functions by the UNITED NATIONS to private companies could have a negative effect on the effectiveness and image of the UNITED NATIONS in the field.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A working group on mercenaries during meetings in 2011 found “considerable” evidence that LIBERIAN mercenaries were involved in the post-election conflict in neighboring <a href="http://www.upi.com/topic/Ivory_Coast/" title="Ivory Coast"><span style="color: blue;">IVORY COAST</span></a>. Foreign fighters in LIBYA were reportedly used by the former regime of <a href="http://www.upi.com/topic/Moammar-Gadhafi/" title="Moammar Gadhafi"><span style="color: blue;">Moammar Gadhafi</span></a> to repress peaceful demonstrations against the government during the 2011 civil war.</span></div>

UNITED NATIONS - OUTSOURCING PEACEKEEPING

UNITED NATIONS MULLS USE OF MERCENARIES FOR INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTIONS Source: UPI UNITED NATIONS is assessing private military and secur...

UNITED NATIONS - OUTSOURCING PEACEKEEPING

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