The United Nations on said it received 38 allegations of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) involving its personnel, in the second quarter of 2019.
A spokesman for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, released the figures to UN correspondents in New York.
He stated that only one of the 38 allegations had been substantiated through investigation, while eight were pending further investigation by member states. The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the organisation received 37 similar allegations in the first quarter of the year, making the Q2 figure higher by just one unit.Of the latest data, the spokesman said two allegations were still under review as “limited information has been provided”, and four had closed.
Twelve of the allegations are categorised as sexual abuse, defined by the UN as “actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions”. He added that 24 of the 38 allegations were related to agency personnel, funds and programmes, while 14 were related to civilian and uniformed personnel in peace operations.
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