Who cares?

Does anyone care?  Neither the Secretary-General nor any of the UN senior management care; because they actually benefit from a corrupt and dysfunctional system.  

In January 2019, an external survey conducted by Deloittes reported that 38.7% of respondents reported experiencing some incident of sexual harassment since they started working for the UN; that is 11,750 victims of sexual harassment, of whom over 10,000 reported having experienced at least one incident in the last 2 years.  

That is only counting the 30,364 UN staff and others working in the UN system (about 17% of the total) who responded, so if the numbers are representative, it suggests that over 60,000 people have experienced sexual harassment in the UN.  One would expect them to care.

Then there is the estimated 6,000 women and children raped or sexually abused by UN personnel every year, and add the 1.3% of respondents to the Deloittes survey -  that is 394 women and men who work for the Organization - who reported experiencing an “Attempted or actual sexual  assault, including rape” in the UN.

One would expect them to care.

Then there are the world's taxpayers, who foot the bill for all of this..... 

That is unfortunate.

If anyone can prove that anything published here is factually incorrect, please let us know precisely what it is and we will correct it.

Please note, however, that your opinion does not constitute sufficient evidence of an actual factual error on our part.

However, it remains a curious fact that my disagreements with the UN began on 28 February 2013, and from that day onwards; the UN has consistently been either unable or unwilling to engage me on the merits of anything I have ever said about the UN.  

Arguing about filing deadlines, procedures and other technicalities is all fine and well.... but that is not the same as any conversation that starts with the explanation: "You are mistaken because......."