Babacar Gaye
| Babacar Gaye | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 31, 1951 Saint Louis, Senegal |
| Allegiance |
 Senegal
|
| Service/branch | Senegalese Army |
| Years of service | 1972 - |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands held | United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Battles/wars | Gulf War |
Babacar Gaye (born 31 January 1951 in Saint Louis, Senegal) is a Senegalese Army General who was the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) until his forced resignation following repeated reports of murder and sexual abuse by soldiers, including the rape a 12 year old girl and the sexual exploitation of hungry children as young as 8 who were forced to perform terrible sex acts for food, under his command. He was found to have specifically “abused their authority” by an independent panel. Prior to this appointment of 16 July 2014, he was the Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office for the Central African Republic (BINUCA).
In August 2015, forced to resign by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for ignoring reports of child sexual abuse including forced bestiality and rape by the UN peacekeepers under his command. Found to have specifically "abused his authority" by an independent panel.
In August 2010, he was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the Military Advisor for Peacekeeping Operations in New York UN Headquarters replacing Nigeria’s Lieutenant General Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor.
In 2005, The Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, appointed Lieutenant-General Babacar Gaye (Senegal) as the new Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). He replaced Major-General Samaila Iliya (Nigeria) and was the third Force Commander of MONUC and the second commander from Senegal after General Mountaga Diallo. In 2010 he was succeeded by India's Chander Prakash.
In January 2004, he was assigned as Ambassador of Senegal in Germany by president Abdoulaye Wade.
Babacar Gaye was promoted to the rank of Brigade General in 2000, when he became Chef d'état-major général des armées (Chief of the Defence Staff) from May 2000 to August 2003 and to Divisional General (equivalent to Major General) in 2002.
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