Accountability for UN Peacekeepers: In September 2017, the UN Secretary-General introduced the Voluntary Compact on Elimination of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse between the Secretary-General and Member States, which sets out specific commitments by signatory Member States to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse, to hold perpetrators accountable, and to support victims. The United States signed on to the Compact in September 2017. As of March 2020, 103 countries were signatories, including many troop- and police-contributing countries. Ef for ts also are ongoing to encourage heads of state and government to join the Secretary-General’s “Circle of Leadership” on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse in UN operations and to make public commitments to end impunity for this misconduct.

1.0United States Department of Statehttps://www.state.govTianna Hutchinshttps://www.state.gov/author/thutchins/Accountability for UN Peacekeepers: In September 2017, the UN Secretary-General introduced the Voluntary Compact on Elimination of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse between the Secretary-General and Member States, which sets out specific commitments by signatory Member States to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse, to hold perpetrators accountable, and to support victims. The United States signed on to the Compact in September 2017. As of March 2020, 103 countries were signatories, including many troop- and police-contributing countries. Ef for ts also are ongoing to encourage heads of state and government to join the Secretary-General’s “Circle of Leadership” on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse in UN operations and to make public commitments to end impunity for this misconduct. - United States Department of Staterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="sXDGXCwwWS"><a href="https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-trafficking-in-persons-report/accountability-for-un-peacekeepers/">Accountability for UN Peacekeepers: In September 2017, the UN Secretary-General introduced the Voluntary Compact on Elimination of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse between the Secretary-General and Member States, which sets out specific commitments by signatory Member States to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse, to hold perpetrators accountable, and to support victims. The United States signed on to the Compact in September 2017. As of March 2020, 103 countries were signatories, including many troop- and police-contributing countries. Ef for ts also are ongoing to encourage heads of state and government to join the Secretary-General’s “Circle of Leadership” on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse in UN operations and to make public commitments to end impunity for this misconduct.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-trafficking-in-persons-report/accountability-for-un-peacekeepers/embed/#?secret=sXDGXCwwWS" width="600" height="338" title="“Accountability for UN Peacekeepers: In September 2017, the UN Secretary-General introduced the Voluntary Compact on Elimination of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse between the Secretary-General and Member States, which sets out specific commitments by signatory Member States to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse, to hold perpetrators accountable, and to support victims. The United States signed on to the Compact in September 2017. As of March 2020, 103 countries were signatories, including many troop- and police-contributing countries. Ef for ts also are ongoing to encourage heads of state and government to join the Secretary-General’s “Circle of Leadership” on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse in UN operations and to make public commitments to end impunity for this misconduct.” — United States Department of State" data-secret="sXDGXCwwWS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.pepfar.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Accountability-for-UN-Peacekeepers.jpg368732Accountability for UN Peacekeepers: In September 2017, the UN Secretary-General introduced the Voluntary Compact on Elimination of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse between the Secretary-General and Member States, which sets out specific commitments by signatory Member States to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse, to hold perpetrators accountable, and to support victims. The United States signed on […]