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Investigation Into Sexual Exploitation of Refugees by Aid Workers in West Africa

A/RES/57/306No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 122Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, published in 2003.

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 topics
AccountabilityCodes of ConductCoordination Within UN SystemCrime PreventionDisplaced PersonsInternal InvestigationsPeacekeeping OperationsProgrammes of ActionRefugee CampsRefugeesRelief PersonnelSex CrimesWest Africa

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

11 reports of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2004–2016.

Reports
11
Span
2004–2016
13 years
  • 2016A/70/729Special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse report of the Secretary-General
  • 2015A/69/779Special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse report of the Secretary-General
  • 2014A/68/756Special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse report of the Secretary-General
  • 2013A/67/766Special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse report of the Secretary-General
  • 2012A/66/699Special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

12 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services on the investigation into sexual exploitation by aid workers in West Africa;1
2
Expresses its serious concern that the conditions in refugee camps and communities may make refugees, especially women and children, vulnerable to sexual and other forms of exploitation;
3
Condemns any exploitation of refugees and internally displaced persons, especially sexual exploitation, and calls for those responsible for such deplorable acts to be brought to justice;
4
Emphasizes the need to create an environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian crises through, inter alia, integrating the prevention of and response to sexual exploitation and abuse into the protection and assistance functions of all humanitarian and peacekeeping personnel;
5
Notes with appreciation the Plan of Action developed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Task Force on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Humanitarian Crises, and encourages all relevant agencies to pursue its effective and appropriate implementation;
6
Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the remedial and preventive measures taken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and its implementing partners, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations Secretariat, in response to recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services are extended, as appropriate, to all peacekeeping missions, refugee camps, refugee-related operations and other humanitarian operations;
7
Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that, in response to recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, clear and consistent procedures for impartially reporting and investigating instances of sexual exploitation and related offences are in place in all United Nations peacekeeping missions and humanitarian operations;
8
Encourages all United Nations organizations, funds and programmes, and specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations, to incorporate into codes of conduct specific responsibilities of humanitarian aid workers to prevent and respond appropriately to sexual exploitation and abuse and to adopt appropriate disciplinary procedures for dealing with such violations when they occur;
9
Recognizes the shared responsibility, within their respective competencies, of United Nations organizations and agencies and troop-contributing countries to ensure that all personnel are held accountable for sexual exploitation and related offences committed while serving in humanitarian and peacekeeping operations;
10
Requests the Secretary-General, in response to recommendations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, to maintain data on investigations into sexual exploitation and related offences, irrespective of age and gender, by humanitarian and peacekeeping personnel, and all relevant actions taken thereon;
11
Recalls its decision that reports of the Office of Internal Oversight Services should be considered under the relevant items of the agenda of the General Assembly;
12
Requests the Secretary-General, in his implementation of the measures pursuant to the report of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, to proceed expeditiously also with the implementation of the present resolution, inter alia, by issuing as soon as possible his bulletin on sexual exploitation and abuse, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session, including information on any new cases of sexual exploitation revealed and the measures taken to deal with such cases.

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