The latest news on UN sexual offenses, including analysis about sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations personnel in the Central African Republic, Haiti, and beyond.
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April 5, 2016: The UN hosts an informal briefing for the General Assembly on the reports and allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Central African Republic, led by Mr. Edmond Mulet, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General, Mr. Atul Khare, Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, and Ms. Jane Holl Lute, Special Coordinator on improving the United Nations response to sexual exploitation and abuse.
April 1, 2016: A selection of media highlights following AIDS-Free World's revelation of shocking new allegations of child sexual abuse by UN and non-UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic. (UN Photo / Marco Dormino)
March 4, 2016: Media highlights of the UN's release of the 2015 Secretary-General's Special Measures report on sexual exploitation and abuse. (UN Photo / Sylvain Liechti)
February 17, 2016: The New York Times' Editorial Board: "The organization is failing some of the world’s most vulnerable children by not cracking down on sexually abusive peacekeeping troops." (UN Photo / Saw Lwin)
February 5, 2016: A summary of media highlights following the UN's announcement of new allegations of sexual violence by peacekeepers from the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo serving with MINUSCA in the Central African Republic. (UN Photo / Olivia Grey Pritchard)
January 29, 2016: An initial summary of media highlights following the UN's announcement of new allegations of peacekeeper sexual violence in the Central African Republic, involving both UN and non-UN troops. (UN Photo / Marco Dormino)
On March 16, 2015, AIDS-Free World released a leaked Experts’ Team Report on sexual exploitation and abuse in UN peacekeeping operations, in an open letter to all Ambassadors to the United Nations. The report, which makes pointed criticisms about the way the UN handles sexual exploitation and abuse within mission contexts, differs significantly from the Secretary-General’s own annual report on progress (A/69/779). (UN Photo / JC McIlwane)
