State security functions…are being outsourced to private military and security companies in countries where conflict is displacing many people...[P]rivate military and security companies (PMSC)...are having an increasingly negative impact by causing forced displacements and human rights violations...In Iraq as in Afghanistan many security…contractors…have been able to operate with impunity. However, the extent of human rights violations by these contractors has obliged the authorities to react…Because of PMSCs’ impact in the enjoyment of human rights, the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries (WGUM) is convinced that a legally binding instrument…is necessary. A resolution dissociating the activities of PMSC from the traditional resolution on mercenaries was tabled in 2010 at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Although adopted by a large majority, the delegations of the Western Group generally voted against the resolution. [refers to Blackwater (now Xe), Spearhead]