By Prensa Latina
United Nations : The UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries noted with concern Monday that private security companies are taking over functions, such as legitimate use of force, which are considered exclusively governmental.
In a report presented before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Spanish attorney and chair of the working group Jose Gomez del Prado said it has been verified that this kind of enterprise is flourishing and starting to absorb mercenaries on global scale for different security and protection tasks.
“The problem is that this kind of work is undermining the sovereignty of the governments, as only responsible for the legitimate use of the force,” Gomez del Prado said.
In his report it pointed out that many governments opposed to the military intervention of the US in Iraq now have their citizens actively participating in the conflict as private contractors.