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UN GATE, July 21–   While UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres conceals information about sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers, refusing to provide in response to Press requests as even Ban Ki-moon did information about the mounting number of cases, he is conducting a survey. 

This while he has so far refused to respond to this.

 Guterres' official Christian Saunders, who oversaw the physical ouster of Inner City Press from the UN on July 3, 2018 (video here), has sent all UN personnel this message:

OSCSEA launched the UN-wide 2023 survey on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse     

  Dear colleagues,     Since 2016, the Office of the Special Coordinator on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OSCSEA) conducts an annual system-wide survey on facts and perceptions of United Nations personnel pertaining to issues related to sexual exploitation and abuse.  

  To recall that, in line with the Secretary-General’s bulletin (ST/SGB/2003/13) on “Special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse”,:     ·         “sexual exploitation” is any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another.  ·          “sexual abuse” is the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions.  

  Your contribution would be much helpful to contribute to determining where challenges persist and how to improve the prevention of and response to sexual exploitation and abuse!     Last year, 200 of you, from 64 locations, shared your experience and perspective on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA).   

 The survey only takes a few minutes. You can answer, in Arabic, English, French or Spanish; from any computer, tablet or telephone with a browser.  

  Please be assured that your answers will remain completely anonymous and strictly confidential. The data will be compiled in aggregate form, not attributable to any individual(s) and no personally identifiable information will be shared.  Thank you for your valuable contribution!   

 All entities with personnel working in the locations identified below should participate in the 2023 survey:     Afghanistan  Gabon  Panama     Albania  the Gambia  Papua New Guinea     Algeria  Georgia  Paraguay     Angola  Ghana  Peru     Anguilla  Greece  Philippines     Antigua and Barbuda  Grenada  Poland     Argentina  Guatemala  Romania     Armenia  Guinea  Rwanda     Aruba  Guinea-Bissau  Saint Kitts and Nevis     Azerbaijan  Guyana  Samoa     Bahamas  Haiti  Sao Tome & Principe     Bahrain  Honduras  Saudi Arabia     Bangladesh  Hungary  Senegal     Barbados  India  Serbia     Belarus  Indonesia  Seychelles     Belize  Iran  Sierra Leone     Benin  Iraq  Singapore     Bermuda  Jamaica  Slovakia     Bhutan  Jordan  Solomon Islands     Bolivia  Kazakhstan  Somalia     Bosnia and Herzegovina  Kenya  South Africa     Botswana  Kiribati  South Sudan     Brazil  Kosovo  Sri lanka     British Virgin Islands  Kuwait  St. Lucia     Brunei Darussalam  Kyrgyzstan  St. Marteen     Bulgaria  Laos  St. Vincent and Grenadines     Burkina Faso  Lebanon  Sudan     Burundi  Lesotho  Suriname     Cabo Verde  Liberia  Syria     Cambodia  Libya  Tajikistan     Cameroon  Madagascar  Tanzania     Cayman Islands  Malawi  Thailand     Central African Republic  Malaysia  the Gambia     Chad  Maldives  Timor-Leste     Chili  Mali  Togo     China  Marshall Islands  Tokelau     Colombia  Mauritania  Tonga     Comoros  Mauritius  Trinidad and Tobago     Congo  Mexico  Tunisia     Cook Islands  Micronesia  Turkey     Costa Rica  Moldova  Turkmenistan     Côte d'Ivoire  Mongolia  Turks and Caicos Islands     Cuba  Montenegro  Tuvalu     Curacao  Montserrat  Uganda     Cyprus  Morocco  Ukraine     Democratic republic of the Congo  Mozambique  United Arab Emirates     Democratic's People's republic of Korea  Myanmar  Uruguay     Djibouti  Namibia  Uzbekistan     Dominica  Nauru  Vanuatu     Dominican Republic  Nepal  Venezuela     Ecuador  Nicaragua  Viet Nam     Egypt  Niger  Virgin Islands     El Salvador  Nigeria  Yemen     Equatorial Guinea  Niue  Zambia     Eritrea  North Macedonia  Zimbabwe     Eswatini  Oman  Jerusalem     Ethiopia  Pakistan  Occupied Palestinian Territory     Fiji  Palau  Western Sahara

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