After their own NORAD report stated clearly that in fact sexual abuse of Akha women and girls had occurred on the part of Norwegian Church Aid NCA staff in northern Laos, the Norwegian Delegate stood up at the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues at New York last week and stated clearly that the allegations of sexual abuse were unsubstantiated.
Wow.
Here the representative of a country, takes defense to their church, and claims that the government of Norway says, no abuse occurred. Amazing.
Here is the original transcript:
http://www.norad.no/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=5930
So where are the advocates for the Akha women? Does Norway answer to them?
We conveyed quite frankly that the only thing left to do was to file suit against Norwegian Church Aid and bring the women forward.
It is shameful that rather than admitting to the very obvious guilt, the Norwegian Government would involve themselves and say it all never happened, least has not been proven, go back to work, file suit, NCA staff are guilty of nothing so far.
So that is the route it will have to go. To a court of Law, citing both Norwegian Church Aid and their backer, the Norwegian Government.
