Am I alone in finding it ironic that while the UN says 100,000 may be dead and more deaths predicted from disease and famine, that the main UN agency dealing with children's issues is dwelling on the possible exploitation of ONE teenager (with NO confirmed reports)? They raised the same alarm after the tsunami which proved to be groundless. To me, these are very strange priorities indeed! And they seem to be oblivious to the fact that most people in Asia don't have private bedrooms.

From International Herald Tribune, Published: May 14, 2008:

"We are really concerned about the risk of exploitation and sexual abuse," said Anne-Claire Dufay, chief of UNICEF's child protection section in Myanmar. "If they don't have private sleeping spaces, it could be an issue."
Dufay said Tuesday there had been one report of the attempted trafficking of a teenage storm survivor in the country's largest city, Yangon, but so far no confirmed reports of sexual abuse.
Similar concerns were expressed following the 2004 tsunami, but little evidence of such problems emerged.
Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on May 3, leaving about 62,000 people dead or missing according to the government count. The United Nations has suggested the death toll is likely to exceed 100,000.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/ ... t-Risk.php