"The United Nations has long been in the spotlight over allegations of child rape and other sexual abuses by its peacekeepers, especially those based in Central African Republic and Congo. But the latest figures again suggest that sexual misconduct spans the entire U.N. system.
The U.N. said Tuesday it received 54 allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation against U.N. peacekeepers and civilian staff and groups implementing U.N. programs in the first three months of 2018 - including one involving an 11-year-old girl.
U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said 14 allegations involved U.N. peacekeeping operations, 18 involved U.N. agencies, funds and programs, and 21 were related to U.N. partner organizations. One allegation involved a member of a non-U.N. international force operating under a U.N. Security Council mandate, he said.
Haq also the allegations involve 66 accusers, including 13 girls under age 18...
Hugh Dugan, who advised 11 U.S. ambassadors to the U.N. while serving as a U.S. delegate there from 1989 to 2015, said lecturing from the leaders of the U.N. for more than 20 years has not curbed abuse by peacekeepers, whose home countries rarely pursue charges against them...
'In the absence of concrete action to address such wrongdoing, the credibility of the United Nations as champion of human rights and human security is called-out - right under its own roof,' Dugan said..."