Mar 29, 2019
Celebrities, United Nations
Angelina Jolie, Brazilian naval officer, Central African Republic, Lieutenant Commander, Marcia Andrade Braga, MINUSCA, PSVI, Sexual Violence in Conflict, UN, UNHCR, united nations
Angelina Jolie, Co-founder of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) and Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) meet Lieutenant Commander Marcia Andrade Braga, Brazilian naval officer serving with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award recipient today at the UN Headquarters in New York before her speech at the General Assembly. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire Angelina Jolie, Co-founder of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) and Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for [Read More]
Aug 12, 2015
News, United Nations
Babacar Gaye, Ban Ki-moon, CAR, Central African Republic, killing and rape, MINUSCA, Politics, Rapes committed, Secretary General, Security Council, UN, UN Peacekeepers, united nations
Photos by: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters today he is “anguished, angered and ashamed by recurrent reports over the years of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN forces.” “I cannot put into words how anguished, angered and ashamed I am by recurrent reports over the years of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN forces.” “I have appointed a high-level external independent panel to look into, more closely into the reports of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Central African Republic and our systemic response. I look forward to receiving their findings soon.” Ban also said he has [Read More]
