"A week after after the UN issued a statement on its internal investigation into charges it covered-up attacks in Darfur, Inner City Press on November 6 asked UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric about similar cover-ups in Central African Republic, exposed by an Amnesty International report about that country...
From the UN's transcript:
Inner City Press: I'm sure the Secretary-General has seen the Amnesty International's report today about the peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic. They basically, I mean, they say a number of things. Maybe you have some kind of response to it. But, I wanted to especially ask you about the reporting aspect of it they describe a number of killings and attacks that have taken place in Dekoa, Bambari and elsewhere in [the Central African Republic] about, which, at least being here every day, I've heard nothing from this podium. So, I wanted to know both substantively what's the response of UN peacekeeping to not protecting civilians and in terms of communications and transparency the response to what appears to be an underreporting similar to that analogous to that in Darfur?
Spokesman Dujarric: ...It's a challenging terrain in which they work. And there is, obviously... one could always use more troops and more police. I'm not sure they're up to their mandated force as of yet."