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25 July 2015

U.N. Official Quits Amid Scrutiny of Response to Sex Abuse Accusations

The most senior United Nations official to have been informed of accusations of child sexual abuse by French soldiers in the Central African Republic last year, who took no action at the time, has resigned from her post, United Nations officials confirmed on Wednesday.
The official, Flavia Pansieri, the deputy high commissioner for human rights, based in Geneva, is stepping down for health reasons, said a spokesman for the human rights office, André-Michel Essoungou.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/world/africa/un-official-flavia-pansieri-resigns-central-african-republic-peacekeeper-sex-abuse.html?emc=edit_tnt_20150722&nlid=63876270&tntemail0=y&_r=0