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RyCouncil
Provisional
10 March 2016
Original: English
16-03914 (E) EE
5/2016/235
prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (A/70/729), and faking 1ote of the
recommendations contained therein related to the prevention and combating of
sexual exploitation and abuse,
1. Edox'ses the decision of the Secretary-General to repatriate a particular
military unit or formed police unit of a contingent when there is credible evidence
of widespread or systemic sexual exploitation and abuse by that unit and requests
the Secretary-General to give immediate and ongoing effect to this decision,
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this effect;
11. Urges all troop-contributing countries to take the steps necessary to
conduct investigations of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by their
personnel and to conclude such investigations as expeditiously as possible, in line
with the Secretary-General's request, further urges all troop- and police-contributing
countries to take appropriate steps to hold accountable those personnel responsible
for sexual exploitation and abuse and to report to the United Nations fully and
promptly on actions undertaken and welcomes the request by the Secretary-General
for troop- and police-contributing countries to deploy national investigation officers
in their contingents to support these efforts:
12. Underscores the critical importance that civilians, in particular women
and children, in internally-displaced persons and refugee sites are protected from
any form of abuse or exploitation, requests the Secretary-General, where applicable,
to continue to take steps to enhance measures in United Nations peace operations
against all forms of abuse and exploitation of civilians by any member of the United
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Nations peace operation and e#courages the Secretary-Genera! to ensure that United
Nations peace operations, as applicable, facilitate the identification of possible
abuses and mitigate against the stigmatization of victims:
13. Encotragcs tle appropriate United Nations mechanisms, including those
related to Children and Armed Conflict, Women, Peace and Security and the Office
of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, to continue to include allegations of
sexual exploitation and abuse in their regular reporting to the Secretary-General and
calls zpon the Secretary-General to immediately inPorm the concerned Member
State about any such allegations and to take steps to improve internal information-
sharing within the United Nations regarding allegations of sexual exploitation and
abuse.
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