UN faces 69 abuse claims in 9 countries

A UN report says 69 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse were reported in 10 peacekeeping missions in 2015 and calls for on-site court-martials of alleged perpetrators and DNA testing to identify them.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's report for the first time provides the names of all countries whose troops are allegedly involved.

Nearly one-third of the allegations - 22 - are from the UN mission in the Central African Republic, where peacekeepers sent to protect civilians in conflict reportedly traded sex for money and abused minors.

Not far behind was the UN mission in Congo, with 16 allegations.

Other peacekeeping missions on the 2015 list were the now-closed mission in East Timor as well as Haiti, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Darfur (Sudan), Abyei (Sudan) and Cyprus.

The military and police personnel accused of sexual crimes while serving for the UN involved 21 countries.

There were allegations against troops and police from Burundi, Canada, Germany, Ghana, Senegal, Madagascar, Rwanda, Congo Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Tanzania, Slovakia, Niger, Moldova, Togo, South Africa, Morocco, Benin, Nigeria and Gabon.

The report does not identify the citizenship of the 30 UN staff members accused of sexual abuse or exploitation who were not working for peacekeeping missions.