UNITED NATIONS: Secretary General Ban ki moon on Wednesday fired the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic over the force’s handling of a series of sexual and other misconduct allegations, including rape and killing, foreign media sources reported.
At a press stakeout at the UN headquarters, Ban told reporters he has accepted the resignation of Babacar Gaye of Senegal and declared: “Enough is enough”.
He called a special session of the U.N. Security Council for Thursday over the sexual abuse allegations that has rocked the world body, reportedly.
“I cannot put into words how anguished and angered and ashamed I am by recurrent reports over the years of reports of sex abuse and exploitation by UNforces,” said Ban.
