"The deputy head of the U.N. agency for HIV/AIDS will not seek to renew his term in office though it is not reasonable to link his departure to a sexual harassment allegation that proved unsubstantiated, a spokesman said on Friday.
Luiz Loures' exit was the second of a high-level United Nations official in as many days, after Justin Forsyth, deputy director of the U.N. Children's Fund, resigned saying he did not want coverage of his past mistakes to damage UNICEF.
Forty allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse were made during the last three months of 2017 against U.N. peacekeeping missions, agencies, funds and programs as well as implementing partners, the United Nations said on Thursday..."