In the wake of recent allegations that some aid workers and peacekeepers were involved in sexual exploitation of children in refugee camps, a senior military officer of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) has been conducting an ongoing “sensitization” tour of UN troop positions.
A United Nations team is returning to West Africa this week to continue investigating charges that refugee children were sexually exploited by aid workers and peacekeepers, the UN's watchdog body said today.
Seeking to bolster international commitment to saving some 11 million children who die annually of preventable and treatable causes, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN World Health Organization (WHO) today opened an expert meeting in Stockholm aimed at designing a response strategy.
A senior United Nations refugee official looking into allegations of sexual exploitation by aid workers in West Africa wrapped up his visit to Guinea today, reporting wide support for ongoing relief efforts by humanitarian agencies in the country's refugee camps.
A senior official from UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, set out today on a visit to West Africa to get a first-hand view of efforts to strengthen the protection of children in the region’s refugee camps following allegations that surfaced last week that aid workers exchanged humanitarian assistance for sexual favours.
Concerned that renewed fighting could put thousands of youths on the front lines, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) called today for the immediate release of all children abducted in recent years by the Ugandan rebel group, LRA.
Distressed by reports of child abuse occurring in West African refugee camps, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, announced that remedial measures are being put in place to address the problem. UNHCR is participating in the UN investigation into the allegations.
The United Nations special envoy for children and armed conflict, Olara Otunnu, today added his voice to those who have denounced alleged sexual abuse of children in refugee camps in West Africa.
