Press releases and statements about AIDS-Free World's Code Blue campaign. Code Blue aims to end impunity for sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeeping personnel.
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March 18, 2022: In the latest Special Measures Report, the Secretary-General declares his intention to improve the UN's response to its sexual abuse crisis by appointing a dedicated, full-time Special Coordinator. The change is overdue. But it isn't enough. Our statement calls for radical reform. (UN Photo / Manuel Elías)
March 19, 2021: Today’s UN press conference announcing the release of the Secretary-General’s annual Special Measures Report steered clear of hard facts in favor of frivolous distractions.
March 13, 2020: The Code Blue Campaign comments on a troubling new UN report, which reveals an increase in the number of sexual exploitation and abuse allegations against UN personnel. We need the UN now more than ever. (UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe)
March 18, 2019: The Code Blue Campaign delivers a stinging denunciation of the UN Secretary-General's new Special Measures Report on sexual exploitation and abuse committed by UN personnel. (UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe)
February 25, 2019: The Code Blue Campaign responds to the UN Secretary-General’s announcement of a new Civil Society Advisory Board. (UN Photo / Jean-Marc Ferré)
December 15, 2017: In an open letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the Code Blue Campaign seeks answers on the UN's handling of allegations of sexual abuse against UN civilian staff members and condemns a broader pattern of sexual harassment and abuse within the UN Organization. (UN Photo / Mark Garten)
March 10, 2017: The Secretary-General asked for "game-changing strategies" on addressing sexual exploitation and abuse, but the new Special measures report on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse fails to deliver. (UN Photo / Violaine Martin)
March 8, 2016: Code Blue speaks out on the numbers that went unnoticed in last week's coverage of the Secretary-General's annual report on sexual abuse by UN personnel. (UN Photo / Sylvain Liechti)
