Friday, 1 June 2018

Theresa May urged to demand top UN official quits over harassment crisis

Whistleblowers call for British intervention over Michel Sidibé’s handling of sexual misconduct claims at UNAids

Female whistleblowers and global HIV activists have urged the British government to demand the resignation of a senior UN official over his alleged mishandling of serious sexual harassment claims.

The high-profile group of campaigners, which includes Martina Brostrom, who maintains she was sexually assaulted by a former UN assistant secretary general while she worked for UNAids, wants Theresa May and the Department for International Development to intervene over the conduct of the agency’s executive director, Michel Sidibé.

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2LNJBMj

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