Damning UN Reports at Center of Guns for Gold Leaked

These reports were at the center of a BBC report which claimed that theUN covered up that its troops in DR of Congo gave arms to militias and smuggled gold and ivory. The allegations were based on confidential UNsources, involve Pakistani and Indian troops working as peace keepers.It further stated that the UN investigated some of the claims in 2007, but said it could not substantiate claims of arms dealing, but UNinsiders told the BBC, they had been prevented from pursuing their inquiries for political reasons.