May 26, 2022: Former UN staff member Karim Elkorany has pled guilty to drugging and/or sexually assaulting 19 victims in Iraq and the US while he was employed by the UN Organization.
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June 1, 2017: As the UN Mission in Haiti prepares its drawdown, Reuters interviews Haitian women who have yet to receive support and answers on outstanding paternity claims against UN peacekeepers. Code Blue's Sharanya Kanikkannan points to a glaring accountability gap. (UN Photo / Logan Abassi)
February 1, 2017: In a post on The Washington Post's 'Monkey Cage' blog, Anjali Dayal examines the possible implications of a draft executive order from the Trump administration, calling for steep funding cuts to the United Nations, including U.S. support for UN peace operations. (UN Photo / Martine Perret)
On March 10, 2016, The Security Council debated peacekeeper sexual exploitation and abuse and received a briefing from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on his Special Measures report.
December 9, 2015: Speaking before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, US Ambassador to the United Nations called for greater transparency and accountability for sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeepers.
US Ambassador Power delivered powerful remarks on ending impunity for sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeeping personnel, as part of a speech on effective peacekeeping, in India on November 20, 2015. (UN Photo / Mark Garten)