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U.N. receives 37 sexual abuse allegations against its personnel in the
first quarter of 2019
A spokesperson of
the United Nations has revealed that the international body received 37
allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against its personnel in the first
quarter of 2019.
Mr Farhan Haq,
Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the organisation, disclosed
this at a news conference in New York on Thursday. The alleged offenders,
according to Haq, include civilian and uniformed personnel from peacekeeping as
well as personnel of agencies, funds and programmes.
He also noted that
not all the allegations reported had been fully substantiated, and that many
were in the preliminary stage of assessment.
“Of the 37
allegations, there are 49 victims: 28 women and 11 girls, one boy, seven
females of unknown age, one unknown adult and one unknown child. Sixteen of
these allegations are categorised as sexual abuse, 27 as sexual exploitation,
four are of an unknown nature, and two have been categorised as “other”, of
which one was closed. Of these 37 allegations, one has been substantiated
through an investigation and has been referred to the Member State,’’ the
spokesperson said.
He added that four
of the allegations were not substantiated; 26 at various stages of
investigation, and six under preliminary assessment to determine if there is
sufficient information to investigate. Haq stated that the world body also
received 33 allegations, involving 37 victims and 38 perpetrators, against
non-UN personnel working as implementing partners.
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