U.N. sexual misconduct chief was promoted while facing harassment claims

"The official tasked with tackling sexual misconduct within the United Nations was promoted to her position as undersecretary general for management while subject to a harassment investigation.

Jan Beagle, who now leads the UN's special taskforce on sexual harassment, was investigated over harassment claims last year while working as deputy executive director of UNAids, which spearheads the global fight against HIV and Aids.

In September 2017 the UNAids' executive director, Michel Sidibé, recommended the case be closed following an internal investigation that found the allegations were unsubstantiated. However, the complainant involved in the case, Sima Newell, a former director at UNAids, said her claims had not been properly investigated... In a letter to the UNAids programme coordinating board, Newell, who worked for UNAids for almost a decade, said her allegations had not been fairly investigated and that she had lost her job after submitting a complaint..."