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LONDON (AP) - The United Nations will investigate a report of allegations of sexual abuse and child rape by peacekeepers operating in southern Sudan, a key U.N. official said Tuesday.
Jane Holl Lute, the U.N. assistant secretary-general who oversees peacekeeping operations, said the allegations, reported by British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, if shown to be true would not be tolerated.
"There could be truth. These environments are ones in which it is difficult to ascertain the truth. I do not believe these are new allegations. Nevertheless, we will treat them as seriously as we treat all other allegations," she told The Associated Press at U.N. headquarters in New York.
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