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  • Inyang Asibong Tells UN, EU And Human Right Commission How Linda Ayade Is Curtailing Money Marriage In Cross River State

    By Admin

    The efforts of the wife of Cross River State Governor, Dr Linda Ayade to fight the practice of Money Marriage in Becheve community of Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State, took the centre Stage at the two days workshop organised by the National Human Right Commission in Collaboration with the United Nations and European Union.

    The workshop which held at Lagos Hall, Transcorp Hilton Abuja, had the Commissioner For International Development Cooperation, Dr. Inyang Asibong gave the expository of the Cross River Challenge.

    Dr. Linda Ayade had through her pet project Mediatrix Develoment Foundation intervened and engaged the communities involved in the act, through the traditional rulers, religious leaders, the Media as well as Civil Society organizations.

    The Governor’s wife efforts according to Asibong had increased advocacy to policy makers and community leaders, expanded efforts to educate, sensitize and provide a platform for the people of Becheve and Utanga communities to discuss issues related to gender-based violence.

    Asibong explained how Cross River State Government had also set up a high-powered Committee through the effort of the wife of the Governor in a bid to end the inhumane cultural practice of money-Girl-marriage which she described as a form of Gender-based Violence.

    She explained the Cross River Challenge and the effort of the State Government with hope that the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU) and other International Donors will partner the state Government and possibly be on ground in Becheve to see things for themselves.

    According to Asibong, the plight of the girl-child should be a collective concern with a drive to end human right abuses in the Country.

    “These young girls are married out to pay debts owed by their parents. This marriage could take place at age five, three, and sometimes even before their conception, where hey are already sold to pay debts. This can go on for decades, so it’s a form of child slavery.

    “It has been an age long cultural practices which have been transferred from generation to generation. But what I came here to tell you is that Cross River State Government has taken it as a challenge and we are solving the problem using the political will of the Governor and special support of his wife, Dr Linda Ayade.

    “Ladies and gentlemen, it is better to be there than said because it is real and on behalf of His Excellency, I wish to call for immediate support and partnership between Cross River State Government and the United Nations, the European Union and other Development Partners to end the practice of Money Marriage in the State” she added.

  • UN Launches Sexual Misconduct Probe After Incriminating Car Video Emerges, Says The Behaviour Seen In The Video Is Abhorrent And Goes Against Everything We Stand For

    UN Launches Sexual Misconduct Probe After Incriminating Car Video Emerges, Says The Behaviour Seen In The Video Is Abhorrent And Goes Against Everything We Stand For

    By Admin

    The UN says it is investigating a possible case of sexual misconduct by staff after a video surfaced of a woman straddling a man in a car with UN markings in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.

    The 18-second video, filmed at night from a building alongside a busy road, shows a female figure in red moving astride a man in casual clothing on the back seat of a Toyota 4×4 vehicle. Another man is visible in the front passenger seat. The driver cannot be seen.

    UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told The New Humanitarian that the world body was “shocked and deeply disturbed by what is seen on this video.

    “The behaviour seen in it is abhorrent and goes against everything we stand for and have been working to achieve in terms of fighting sexual misconduct by UN staff”

    By identifying landmarks and comparing the video with images of the street, TNH has determined that the video was taken on HaYarkon street in Tel Aviv.

    Although the video is unclear, the number plate of the car appears to belong to UNTSO, which stands for the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation, a UN body originally formed in May 1948 to monitor a ceasefire around the time of the establishment of the state of Israel. The UNTSO website says it manages 153 military observers, who are deployed to UN missions at the Lebanon-Israel border and the occupied Golan Heights.

    The UN has strict rules about sexual abuse and exploitation, including a ban on paying for sex, but has struggled to stamp out sexual misconduct by its staff and peacekeepers.

    In 2019, the UN investigated 175 allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation by its own staff and soldiers serving in its peacekeeping operations, 16 of which it concluded were “substantiated”. It is not clear from the short video whether or not the activity shown is consensual or if it involved payment.

    The UN’s investigation by its Office of Internal Oversight – the body that probes misconduct, fraud and corruption – is moving “very quickly” and “the identification of the individuals in the video is close to being completed”, said Dujarric.

    Dujarric said the investigation started two days ago and “we expect the process to be concluded very quickly”.

    TNH can not independently confirm the authenticity of the video, which was shared by an anonymous source later circulated on Twitter. One of the earliest postings was on 23 June by Inner City Press, a New York-based news blog.

  • UN Personnel Caught On Camera Having S.€x In Official Vehicle On Highway

    UN Personnel Caught On Camera Having S.€x In Official Vehicle On Highway

    By Kemi Oladipo

    A viral video has emerged on the Internet where a United Nations (UN) official was caught on Camera straffing a woman while in a traffic.

    TheLumineNews learnt that the official was romping the woman who was on a red dress inside UN official vehicle along HaYarkon Street,Tel Aviv, in Israel.

    However, Spokesperson of the UN Secretary-General, Mr Stephane Dujarric, on Friday said it was “shocking and deeply disturbed”.

    According to NEWS Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Dujarric confirmed that the video featured a 4X4 vehicle, containing personnel “likely assigned to the UN Truce Supervision Organisation”.

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    The short video showed a woman in a red dress straddling a man in the back seat of the white SUV bearing the “UN” inscription.

    With them in the moving vehicle are the driver and a bald-head man sitting on the passenger side in front.

    Dujarric said, “We are shocked and deeply disturbed by what is seen on the video.

    “The behaviour seen in it is abhorrent and goes against everything that we stand for and have been working to achieve in terms of fighting misconduct by UN staff.

    “We became aware of the video a little bit more than two days ago and our colleagues in the Office of Internal Oversight Services were immediately activated.

    “Their investigation I know is moving very quickly. We know the location of the incident and the identification of individuals in the video, who are likely assigned to the UNTSO, is close to being completed.

    “As part of the UN’s commitment to transparency, the UN will provide updates on the conclusion of the investigation, and any further action”