Media Highlights: Secretary General's Annual Report on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

Media Highlights: Secretary General's Annual Report on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

On March 4th, the UN released the Secretary-General's 2015 Special Measures report on sexual exploitation and abuse. Read the Code Blue campaign's statement about the report.

An initial selection of the media highlights about the Special Measures report is below:

AFP
By Carole Landry
March 3, 2016
UN report: peacekeepers from 21 nations accused of sexual abuse

AFP
March 4, 2016
US wants UN resolution on peacekeepers accused of sex abuse

Al Jazeera
March 4, 2016
Inside Story: Are UN reforms enough to end sex abuse scandal? (includes video panel with Code Blue's Legal Advisor)

AP
March 4, 2016
US pushing for resolution to sex abuse cases involving UN peacekeepers

Australian Associated Press
March 4, 2016
UN faces 69 abuse claims in 9 countries

BBC
March 4, 2016
UN sex abuse scandal: Rise in allegations against peacekeepers

Canadian Press
By Colin Perkel
March 4, 2016
Two Canadian cops accused of sex abuse during UN missions overseas

CNN
By David Shortell and Richard Roth
March 4, 2016
U.N.: 69 allegations of sexual abuse against peacekeepers last year

Deutsche Welle
Interview by Fred Muvunyi
March 4, 2015
UN on spot over sexual assaults in CAR (Interview with Paula Donovan)

Express UK
By Charlie Peat
March 3, 2016
‘UN peacekeepers could be forced to register DNA amid child sexual abuse claims in Africa’

International Business Times
By Asmita Sarkar
March 4, 2016
UN peacekeepers accused of sexual violence 69 times in 2015: Report

Fox News
By George Russell
March 4, 2016
UN sexual abuse: more allegations, more bureaucratic process in Ban's latest report

Ghana Business News
By Emmanuel K. Dogbevi
March 4, 2016
Ghana Police personnel named in UN peacekeepers sexual violence report

Mail & Guardian Africa
March 4, 2016
Shame: UN peacekeepers from 21 nations, most in Africa, accused of sexual abuse in much-awaited report

Reuters
By Louis Charbonneau
March 2, 2016
U.N. mulls new measures to combat peacekeeper crimes

Reuters
By Louis Charbonneau
March 3, 2016
U.N. registered 99 sex crime allegations against its staff in 2015

Reuters
By Michelle Nichols
March 4, 2016
U.S. pushing for repatriation of U.N. peacekeepers over sex abuse

teleSUR
March 4, 2016
US Pushing for Repatriation of UN Peacekeepers Over Sex Abuse

(UN Photo / Sylvain Liechti)