Airline operators supplying weapons to Africa under UN auspices.

Some African airlines involved in the delivery of humanitarian goods to Africa under contracts with the UN, is also supplied in the conflict areas of the continent contraband weapons.
That was reported by AFP on Tuesday, May 12, with reference to the report of the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI).
According to SIPRI, more than 90 percent of airline, one way or another, previously implicated in arms trafficking, hired the UN agencies, the European Union and NATO, as well as international non-governmental organizations to deliver humanitarian aid to Africa.
For example, the report says that during the conduct of peacekeeping operations in Sudan, humanitarian goods were delivered to Sudanese airline Badr Airlines, despite the fact that the UN Security Council at this company were imposed penalties for the smuggling of weapons and cocaine.
The report identifies the Swedish Institute and other airlines involved in arms smuggling: Astral Aviation, African International Airlines and Trans Attico.
The report also indicates that some American private security company (not named) are also entered into contracts with carriers, "collaborating with the rebel factions, who declared the U.S. government terrorist organizations."
Swedish Institute was named a U.S. security company - Dyncorp. This company in 2006 entered into a contract with the airline Aerolift, which involved the UN Security Council has recognized on the transfer of weapons of radical Islamists in southern Somalia, which are linked with Al Qaeda. "
The report is a general conclusion that there was "severe conflict of interest" in the supply of humanitarian goods to Africa under UN auspices.