Furthermore, these transnational companies do not hesitate to present themselves as peace organizations and utilize the aims of humanitarian non profit organizations to advertise their activities. ... It is interesting to note that in the resolution8 creating the the Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries, the UN Commission on Human Rights is "convinced that notwithstanding the way in which mercenaries or mercenary-related activities are used or the form they take to acquire some semblance of legitimacy, they are a threat to peace, security and the self-determination of peoples and an ob...

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