New task force to develop strategy to strengthen UN response to sexual exploitation and abuse
The announcement follows a request from Secretary-General António Guterres to Jane Holl Lute, the Special Coordinator for improving the Organization’s response to sexual exploitation and abuse, according to the UN Spokesperson.
Members of the high-level task force, all of whom hold official positions within the UN system, will use the upcoming Report of the Secretary-General on Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation to present element of the strategy.
The Secretary-General has said that he wants the strategy developed “as a matter of urgency,” and that Member States and relevant organizations across the UN System are to be widely consulted.
In addition to Lute, the members of the task force are:
William L. Swing, Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM);
Atul Khare, Under Secretary-General, Department of Field Support (DFS);
Stephen Mathias, Assistant Secretary-General, Office of the Legal Affairs (OLA);
Christian Saunders, Director, Office of the Under Secretary-General of the Department of Management (DM);
Lieutenant General Carlos Humberto Loitey, Military Adviser, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO);
Alfredo W. Forti, Special Consultant to the Secretary-General;
Nancee Bright, Chief of Staff, Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict; and
Francesca Marotta, Chief, Methodology, Education and Training Section, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
UN Photo/Marie Frechon (file)
Source: www.justearthnews.com
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