Posts tagged UN
A Record of Shame: Burundi Does Not Belong in UN Peacekeeping

July 16, 2019: In a new letter to the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, AIDS-Free World and its Code Blue Campaign call on the UN to repatriate Burundian peacekeepers serving in the Central African Republic, ending a deployment that earns the brutal and autocratic regime millions of dollars and puts innocent civilians at risk. (UN Photo / Marco Dormino)

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Why is the United Nations Financing Crimes Against Humanity in Burundi?

March 19, 2019: Code Blue: The UN pays more than $13 million a year to Burundi for 767 peacekeepers, giving a government under investigation for crimes against humanity vital support for its campaign of mass rape and murder. (UN Photo / Martine Perret)

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UNAIDS Suppressing Independent Report into Sex Abuse, Mismanagement

December 3, 2018: AIDS-Free World has learned that the leadership of UNAIDS is actively working to suppress a report produced by an Independent Expert Panel (IEP) appointed to look into sexual harassment, bullying, and abuse of power at the UN agency. (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)

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Toronto Star: Safer pharmaceuticals needed for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis

September 25, 2018: In an Op-ed in the Toronto Star on the eve of the UN’s first High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis, AIDS-Free World’s Stephen Lewis and Georgia White appeal for safer drugs to battle multi-drug-resistant TB. (Photo: ©AIDS-Free World)

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UN reopens botched UNAIDS sexual assault investigation

April 27, 2018: Code Blue’s Paula Donovan and Stephen Lewis react to UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ decision to open a new OIOS investigation into sexual assault and sexual harassment claims against UNAIDS Assistant-Secretary-General Luiz Loures. (UN Photo / JC McIlwaine)

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Consortium of Universities for Global Health: Keynote by Stephen Lewis

March 16, 2018: Stephen Lewis' keynote address to open the annual conference of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH). (Photo: Marcus Rose / The Union)

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Will THIS start a #MeTooUN movement?

February 23, 2018: The Code Blue Campaign reacts to the news of Luiz Loures, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director at UNAIDS' impending departure from UNAIDS. Code Blue asks: 'Will this start the #MeTooUN movement?'.  (Photo: Shutterstock.com)

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Haitian Times: Haiti UN Mission Leaving Under Cloud Of Scandal

June 2, 2017: As Haiti's UN mission winds down, Code Blue's Paula Donovan highlights ongoing impunity for sexual exploitation and abuse by UN peacekeeping personnel. (UN Photo / Logan Abassi)

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Fox: UN sexual abuse must stop. We need a new and independent court to make that happen

April 18, 2017: In a new op-ed, Paula Donovan argues that we need a new independent special court mechanism to address sexual abuse by UN peacekeeping personnel. (UN Photo / Myriam Asmani)

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