UN considering an investigation into alleged CAR child rape

The Secretary General of UN, Ban Ki-Moon says the UN will soon order an investigations into child rape charges brought against French and African soldiers.

UN report containing the testimonies of Central African children in M'Poko IDP camp in Bangui, had reached the French authorities in July 2014.

According to Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for Ban Ki-Moon, this is "to ensure that the United Nations did not abandon the victims of sexual abuse, particularly when committed by those who are supposed to protect. The UN investigation has nothing to do with the criminal investigation in France. The UN process is more related to the way the case was handled by the Organization."

The decision of the UN Secretary General to shed light on this case follows a broad mobilization of UN personnel.

According to several UN sources relayed by the international press, Barbara Tavora-Jainchill, president of the union of UN employees, said 7,000 people in New York and 20,000 in the field, sent Ban Ki Moon on May 29, an email asking him to get to the truth and to take disciplinary action against those responsible for UN troops fault.

As part of this, the NGO Aids Free World which fanned the UN report in the press has increased in recent days the distribution of documents, internal emails and memorandum of suspicion of a cover-up of the case by senior UN troops.

The pressure became too strong in the UN hierarchy which has obliged them to act. In this case, the French defense minister has given the green light to the declassification of the investigation by the military.