UN 'Peacekeepers' in the Congo

Peacekeepers' sexual abuse of local girls continuing in DR of Congo, UN finds
Speaking about UN troops in the Congo, British MP A. R. Wise commented that "the UN troops showed that they were incapable of battle and incapable of discipline... their most heroic episodes seem to have been confined to slapping women's faces."

That was in September 1961 (from Boyd, "United Nations, Piety Myth and Truth", Penguin 1962). Belgium had given Congo its independence, under circumstances guaranteed to cause the country to slide into anarchy. The first Prime Minister of Congo, Lumumba was captured by separatist forces supported by Western powers keen to retain control of the country's mining resources. His appeal to the UN for protection was rejected by UN Headquarters and he was quickly murdered.