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UN Prostitution Scandal

The UN mission in Bosnia comes under fire for allegedly trying to cover
up
a prostitution scandal.

By Tanya L. Domi (BCR No. 264, 20-Jul-01)

The United Nations mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina may face an
investigation following charges that it sought to cover up
media reports implicating its officials in selling women into prostitution.

UN headquarters in Sarajevo has denied the claims but acknowledged
that several members of its staff have been sacked
for misconduct. Mary Robinson, the UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights, has demanded an investigation and
diplomatic sources have told IWPR that she may get one.

The charges were first aired by Kathy Balkovac, an American police
officer and a former UN human rights investigator.
She made them in a memo last November to Jacques Paul Klein, head of
the UN in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Vincent
Coeurderoy, the UN''s Police Commissioner in Bosnia,

Balkovac alleged that extensive trafficking of women into prostitution
had
been carried out by UN personnel, NATO troops
and other international officials in Bosnia, along with the local police.
Balkovac was diagnosed as ''stressed and burned
out'' by the IPTF Deputy Commissioner Mike Stiers and her contract with
the UN was subsequently terminated by
DynCorps, the US State Department''s personnel subcontractor for the
UN
Mission.

In an official statement, the office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights in Sarajevo demanded the investigation to
be carried out "in an open and transparent manner and that the reports
should be made public." It insisted that
punishment for anyone found guilty should be "commensurate with the
gravity of the offences."

International news agencies picked up on the story during a visit Klein
made to the UN Security council in New York on
June 14-15. Western diplomats said that during his presentation in New
York, Klein was "peppered" with questions about
charges that women had been forced into prostitution by UN officials.

The Balkovac memo in November was filed at a time when UN monitors
and local police were involved in a series of
controversial raids on brothels in Prijedor. Later it was alleged that these
UN officials had collaborated with Prijedor police
in "buying" the women and having sex with some of them. Several of the
victims were said to be under aged girls.

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In an e-mail dated October 2000, which was broadly circulated among her UN
colleagues, Balkovac outlined the legal
definitions of "prostitution, pimping and trafficking." She reported that
the
UN had received accounts of women being
tortured, raped and kidnapped into sexual enslavement in Bosnia.

Balkovac was subsequently demoted to a non-human rights position
and
reassigned. But she managed to urge senior UN
officials to follow up her conclusion that a number of reported
trafficking
activities deserved further police investigation. Her
contract was terminated in April 2001 on grounds that she had falsified
a
time sheet.


Coz, dobry biznes. Co na to polskie feministki i obroncy praw czlowieka?

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Najwyrazniej nikomu nie chcialo sie czytac wersji angielskiej, wiec zadalem sobie
trud przetlumaczenia (wolnego) na jezyk polski. Moze teraz odezwa sie dyskutanci
broniacy NATO i ONZ. W kazdy razie dobra wiadomosc. Chcesz sobie kupic
seksualna niewolnice to wstap do ONZ w Bosni. Sadze, ze jeszcze lepiej jest w
Kosovie. Cena niewolnicy okolo $1500. Jest ona nikim. Nie posiada zadnych
dokumentow, imienia, nazwiska, obywatelstwa. Jest przedmiotem o ktory nikt sie
nie upomni.
Tuesday, July 24, 2000

UN Prostitution Scandal
(ONZ wmieszane w skandal z prostytucja)


The UN mission in Bosnia comes under fire for allegedly trying to cover up a
prostitution scandal.
(Misja ONZ w Bosni znalazla sie pod obstrzalem w zwiazku z podejrzeniem o
ukrywanie skandalu z prostytutkami)

By Tanya L. Domi (BCR No. 264, 20-Jul-01)

The United Nations mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina may face an investigation
following charges that it
Sought to cover up media reports implicating its officials in selling women into
prostitution.
(Misja ONZ w Bosni i Hercegovinie moze oczekiwac dochodzenia w sprawie
oskarzen o ukrywanie raportow prasowych mowiacych o udziale pracownikow
ONZ w sprzedawaniu kobiet na prostytutki)

UN headquarters in Sarajevo has denied the claims but acknowledged that several
members of its staff
have been sacked for misconduct. Mary Robinson, the UN High Commissioner
for Human Rights, has demanded an investigation and diplomatic sources have
told IWPR that she may get one.
(Biuro Glowne ONZ w Sarajewie odrzucilo wszystkie oskarzenia ale przyznalo, ze
kilku pracownikow
zostalo odwolanych z pracy na skutek niezgodnego z przepisami postepowania.
Mary Robinson, Wysoki Komisarz do Przestrzegania Praw Czlowieka zarzadala
dochodzenia w tej sprawie i dyplomatyczne zrodla poinformowaly IWPR, ze moze
sie takie dochodzenie rozpocznie.)

The charges were first aired by Kathy Balkovac, an American police officer and a
former UN human rights
investigator. She made them in a memo last November to Jacques Paul Klein,
head of the UN in Bosnia
and Herzegovina, and Vincent Coeurderoy, the UN''s Police Commissioner in
Bosnia,
(Oskarzenia po raz pierwszy zostaly oficjalnie podane przez Kathy Balkovac,
amerykanskiego oficera policji i bylego oficera dochodzeniowego w dziale Praw
Czlowieka ONZ. Umiescila je ona w swym raporcie z ubieglego listopada do
Jacquesa Paula Kleina, szefa Misji ONZ w BiH, i Vincenta Coeurderoy, Komisarza
Policji ONZ-u w Bosni.)

Balkovac alleged that extensive trafficking of women into prostitution had been
carried out by UN
personnel, NATO troops and other international officials in Bosnia, along with the
local police. Balkovac
was diagnosed as ''stressed and burned out'' by the IPTF Deputy Commissioner
Mike Stiers and her
contract with the UN was subsequently terminated by DynCorps, the US State
Department''s personnel
subcontractor for the UN Mission.
(Balkovac podejrzewa, ze bardzo intensywny proceder handlu kobietami
zmuszanymi do prostytucji jest prowadzonu przez personel ONZ, wojska NATO
oraz pracownikow innych organizacji miedzynarodowych przy wspolpracy z
lokalna policja. Balkovac zostala uznana przez Zastepce Komisarza IPTF, Mike
Stiers''a za "zestresowana i kompletnie wyczerpana" a nastepnie jej kontrakt
z ONZ-em zostal zerwany przez DynCorps, wynajeta przez Departament Stanu
USA do zatrudniania pracownikow w Misji ONZ.

In an official statement, the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in
Sarajevo demanded the
investigation to be carried out "in an open and transparent manner and that the
reports should be made
public." It insisted that punishment for anyone found guilty should be
"commensurate with the gravity of
the offences."
(W oficjalnym oswiadczeniu, biuro Wysokiego Komisarza d/s Praw Czlowieka w
Sarajewie, zazadalo "otwartego i przejrzystego dochodzenia oraz podania
wszystkich raportow do wiadomosci publicznej.
Biuro domaga sie rowniez aby kara, dla kazdego kto zostanie uznany winnym, byla
odpowiednia do wagi przestepstwa.)

International news agencies picked up on the story during a visit Klein made to the
UN Security council in New York on June 14-15. Western diplomats said that
during his presentation in New York, Klein was "peppered" with questions about
charges that women had been forced into prostitution by UN officials.
(Miedzynarodowe Agencje Prasowe "podlapaly" temat i podczas wizyty Kleina w
Radzie Bezpieczenstwa w Nowym Jorku w dniach 14-15 czerwca, podczas swojej
prezentacji zostal on zasypany pytaniami na temat udzialu pracownikow ONZ w
zmuszaniu kobiet do uprawiania nierzadu, podali zachodni dyplomaci.)

The Balkovac memo in November was filed at a time when UN monitors and local
police were involved in a series of controversial raids on brothels in Prijedor. Later
it was alleged that these UN officials had collaborated with Prijedor police in
"buying" the women and having sex with some of them. Several of the victims
were said to be under aged girls.
(Listopadowy raport Balkovac zostal zlozony w czasie kiedy obserwatorzy ONZ i
lokalna policja przeprowadzala serie kontrowersyjnych rajdow naburdele w
Prijedor. Pozniej podejrzewano, ze owi pracownicy ONZ-tu wspolpracowali z
miejscowa policja w "kupowaniu" kobiet i odbywania stosunkow z niektorymi z
nich. Jak podawano, kilka z ofiar byly nieletnie.)

Six officers, three of them Americans, were dismissed after this incident. But no
critical remarks were made on their personal records.
(Szesciu pracownikow, w tym trzech Amerykanow, zostalo zwolnionych z pracy po
tym incydencie. Ale zadne krytyczne adnotacje nie zostaly zamieszczone w ich
aktach personalnych.)


In documents obtained by IWPR, Balkovac said the UN was aware of numerous
cases in which international police monitors had engaged in the trafficking of
women in Bosnia since October 2000. But she claimed nothing was done about it.
(W dokumencie otrzymanym przez IWPR, Balkovac podaje, ze ONZ wiedzialo o
wielu przypadkach udzialu miedzynarodowych obserwatorow w handelu
kobietami w Bosni, od pazdziernika 2000. Twierdzi ona, ze mimo to nic nie zostalo
w tej sprawie zrobione.)

Prostitution is illegal in Bosnia. In December 2000 Bosnia signed the UN
Convention on Trans-national
Organized Crime, the first international legal instrument that calls on signatories
to adopt domestic legislation to criminalize trafficking. In consequence, Bosnia is
bound to uphold the obligations of the treaty.
(Prostytucja jest w Bosni nielegalna. W grudniu 2000 roku Bosnia podpisala
Miedzynarodowa Konwencje ONZ na temat Miedzynarodowych Organizacji
Przestepczych, pierwszy miedzynarodowy dokument wzywajacy sygnatariuszy do
wprowadzania lokalnych ustaw zabraniajacych zmuszania do i uprawiania
prostytucji. W rezultacie tego Bosnia jest zobligowana do przestrzegania
Konwencji.)

In an e-mail dated October 2000, which was broadly circulated among her UN
colleagues, Balkovac outlined the legal definitions of "prostitution, pimping and
trafficking." She reported that the UN had received accounts of women being
tortured, raped and kidnapped into sexual enslavement in Bosnia.
(W e-mail z pazdziernika 2000, szeroko cyrkulujacym wsrod jej kolegow z ONZ,
Balkovac podala definicje "prostytucji, sutenerstwa i handlu kobietami". Podala, ze
ONZ otrzymal zeznania kobiet, ktore byly torturowane, gwalcone i porywane jako
seksualne niewolnice w Bosni.)

Balkovac was subsequently demoted to a non-human rights position and
reassigned. But she managed to urge senior UN officials to follow up

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Balkovac was subsequently demoted to a non-human rights position and
reassigned. But she managed to urge senior UN officials to follow up her
conclusion that a number of reported trafficking activities deserved further police
investigation. Her contract was terminated in April 2001 on grounds that she had
falsified a time sheet.
(W nastepstwie tego, Balkovac zostala przeniesiona do pracy nie zwiazanej z
prawami czlowieka i jej zadania zostaly zmienione. Ona jednak postanowila
zainteresowac sprawa wyzszych oficerow ONZ-tu i przekonac ich, ze wiele z
raportowanych dzialan w handlu kobietami zasluguje na dalsze dochodzenia
policyjne. Kontrakt z nia zostal zerwany w kwietniu 2001 na podstawie zarzutu o
falszowanie karty pracy.)

Doug Coffman, spokesperson for the UN in Sarajevo said a few weeks ago that he
was not aware of any UN investigation into Balkovac''s charges. He said that only
one UN officer was found guilty of paying for a prostitute.
(Doug Coffman, rzecznik prasowy ONZ w Sarajewie, powiedzial kilka tygodni temu
nic nie bylo mu wiadomo na temat dochodzen ONZ w sprawie oskarzen
rzuconych przez Balkovac. Dodal, ze tylko jeden pracownik zostal uznany winnym
uiszczenia zaplaty prostytutce.)

In a press statement in May, Klein denied all allegations that the UN mission had
concealed reports of
misconduct. "During my tenure, there have been no cover-ups and I have
implemented a zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual and other serious
misconduct," he said in the statement. "Following due process, the UN has
investigated all allegations of misconduct in a fair, thorough and timely manner."
(W oswiadczeniu prasowym z maja, odrzucil wszystkie podejrzenia o to, ze misja
ONZ ukrywala raporty o niezgodnym z przepisami postepowaniu. "W okresie
mojej kadencji, nic nie bylo ukrywane i wprowadzilem polityke zerowej tolerancji w
odniesieniu do lamania przepisow w dziedzinie seksu i innych powaznych
wykroczen." podal w swoim oswiadczeniu "Zgodnie z tymONZ przeprowadzilo
szybko i zgodnie z przepisami dochodzenia we wszystkich sprawach podejrzen o
lamanie przepisow.")

However many local and Western officials disagree.
(Tym nuiemniej wielu miejscowych i Zachodnich oficjeli nie zgadza sie z tym
oswiadczeniem)

"The truth about the Prijedor raids and the subsequent resignation of the officers
involved has never been made apparent," said Madeleine Rees, the representative
for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Bosnia.
("Prawda o rajdach po burdelach w Prijedor i zwiazane z tym rezygnacje
pracownikow w to wmieszanych nigdy nie ujrzala swiatla dziennego" powiedziala
Madeleine Rees, przedstawiciel Wysokiego Komisarza ONZ d/s Praw Czlowieka w
Bosni.)

Trafficking in women is called the "dirty secret of UN interventions around the
world - the nasty underbelly that no one wants to confront," said Martina
Vanderberg, researcher for the women''s project for Human Rights Watch, a U.S.
based group which is preparing a major report on trafficking. "None of these
allegations come as a surprise."
(Handel kobietami jest nazywany "brudna tajemnica ONZ-owski interwencji na
calym swiecie ale nikt nie chce sie temu przeciwstawic" powiedziala Martina
Vanderberg, badacz spraw kobiecych, pracujaca dla organizacji Human Right
Watch, ktora posiada kwatere glowna w USA i przygotowuje raport w sprawie
handlu kobietami. "Zadne z tych oskarzen nie sa dla nas zaskoczeniem.")

It is estimated that 200,000 to 300,000 women are sold into prostitution from
former communist bloc countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
to Western Europe and North America annually.
(Ocenia sie, ze okolo 200 000 do 300 000 kobiet z bylych komunistycznych
krajow Europy Wschodniej
i bylego ZSRR zostaje rocznie sprzedanych jako prostytutki do Zachodniej Europy
i Polnocnej Ameryki.)


Tanya Domi is the former OSCE spokesperson in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is
now taking an advanced degree in Human Rights at Columbia University in New
York
(Tanya Domi jest bylym rzecznikiem prasowym OBWE w Bosni i Hercegowinie.
Obecnie studiuje na Uniwersytecie Columbia w Nowym Jorku na zaawansowanych
kursach w dziedzinie Praw Czlowieka)
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To straszne.Organizacja, ktora rzekomo walczy o prawa czlowieka sama je lamie.

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