FILE PHOTO: The United Nations building is seen during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations agencies must improve ways for staff to report harassment, retaliation and other forms of misconduct and safeguard whistle-blowers who are prepared to reveal cases of abuse, an independent oversight body said on Monday.
Forty allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse were made during the last three months of 2017 alone against U.N. peacekeeping missions, agencies, funds and programmes and implementing partners, the world body said in February.
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