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IOM Director-General William Lacy Swing.
IOM/Amanda Nero

UN-backed committee launches guides to assist aid workers in curbing sexual exploitation

29 September 2016
A United Nations-backed inter-agency committee today launched two guides to assist aid workers worldwide in setting up sexual exploitation and abuse prevention and response systems in humanitarian settings.
Blue helmets and uniforms of UN Peacekeepers.
UN Photo/Marco Dormino

‘We must not allow protectors to become predators’ – UN field support chief

4 March 2016
With 99 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse uncovered by the United Nations in 2015 – 69 of these in countries where peacekeeping operations are deployed – the Organization is today presenting its latest report on special measures to protect people from these crimes.