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- Kacie Candela
- • April 30, 2017
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Two women have been named to highly visible posts at the United Nations: Pramila Patten of Mauritius is the new special envoy on sexual violence in conflict and begins in mid-June; and Virginia Gamba, an Argentine, is special envoy on children…
- Categories: Child Soldiers, Gender Violence, UN Special Envoys, Women
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- Barbara Crossette
- • February 23, 2016
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When a tough independent report sharply criticized the United Nations in December for its bungled attempts to cover up, or at least ignore, the sexual abuse of children by peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic in recent years,…
- Categories: Secretary-General, UN Diplomats, UN Special Envoys
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- Barbara Crossette
- • December 17, 2015
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A strongly worded independent report released Dec. 17 condemned the United Nations for bungled and deceptive responses to reports of sexual abuse of children by primarily French peacekeepers in the Central African Republic in 2014. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, Human Rights, UN Peacekeeping
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 22, 2012
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The Security Council has waded deeper into the tricky waters of protecting the rights of children in armed conflict despite protests of sovereignty from some countries, passing a resolution that clarifies the mandate for the UN special envoy on…
- Categories: Child Soldiers, Security Council
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • July 18, 2012
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Adama Dieng, the registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, has been named the United Nations secretary-general’s special adviser on the prevention of genocide. Dieng, a Senegalese, replaces Francis Deng of Sudan, who has been in the post…
- Categories: Child Soldiers, GOINGS-ON
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