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Website to keep track of UN missions sex offenses
[Iran Press TV Latest] The United Nations has launched a new website to improve transparency about sexual misconduct charges leveled against members of its missions. The website tracks the number of offences that have been allegedly committed by the UN political and peacekeeping missions across the globe over the past three years. "This is a first stage and a work in progress," Reuters quoted UN spokesman Martin Nesirky as saying on Thursday. The world body's conduct and discipline unit is making an attempt to display its 'zero tolerance' policy on sexual abuse by peacekeepers. The measure complies with a General Assembly resolution requesting "the implementation of an effective outreach program to explain the policy of the United Nations against sexual exploitation and abuse and to inform the public on the outcome of all such cases involving peacekeeping personnel, including cases where allegations are ultimately found to be legally unproven," according to the UN news center. This year the Mission of the United Nations Organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) received over 40 allegations of sexual misconduct, more than any other UN mission, the website statistics suggest. Posted by: Fred 2009-12-25 |
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