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MONUSCO is gravely concerned by the use of lethal weapons by Congolese defense and security forces in a crowd control operation in Bukavu

United Nations partners with Member States to train peacekeepers to prevent sexual exploitation & abuse

MONUSCO provides English and Computer skills to FARDC

Indian battalion units ensure the safe escort of members of civilian Mission units; here, UN Volunteer Jeanne Warnet. (MONUSCO/Force, 2017)

Lauri Hukkanen (Finland), second from left, posing with colleagues in the Entebbe International Airport in Uganda (Lauri Hukkanen, 2014)

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the High-Level meeting on the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. Photo: Richard Drew, AP

Secretary-General António Guterres (2nd right) delivers his remarks at the high-level meeting on the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. UN Photo/Evan Schneider
New York, 18 September 2017
Over the years, I have been haunted by my many encounters with women and children scarred by sexual violence and further stigmatized sometimes by their own communities.