abuse

Sierra Leone: UN mission disturbed by report of child abuse in refugee camps

28 February 2002
Expressing grave concern about a recent report of widespread abuse of children in West African refugee camps, the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) today said that protection of children’s rights was a top priority for UN peacekeepers.

Annan, UNICEF shocked at reports of child abuse in West Africa refugee camps

27 February 2002
The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the head of UNICEF, the UN’s children agency, voiced their outrage today at reports of possible widespread sexual abuse of children in West African refugee camps.