The United Nations and G4S: Challenges in the contracting of private military security companies for international peacekeeping and humanitarian support
Two reports authored by Lou Pingeot and published by the Global Policy Forum and the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung – New York Office present the alarming trend of the United Nations (UN) contracting private military security companies (PMSCs) to provide a broad range of security and non-security services connected to peacekeeping and humanitarian missions as well as other UN operations. This article briefly reviews some of the findings of Pingeot’s reports and the concerns raised regarding the relationships between the UN and PMSCs, particularly in light of the companies’ track record of malfeasance and human rights abuses.