Sexual Offences

Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 9 November 2018.

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Photo of Emily Thornberry Emily Thornberry Shadow Foreign Secretary

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason the UK does not contribute to the UN trust fund for victims of sexual violence; and whether he plans to review that decision.

Photo of Mark Field Mark Field Minister of State

The UN does not have a specific trust fund for victims of sexual violence. With regard to the UN’s Trust Fund in Support of Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse was established by the Secretary General in March 2016 to provide greater support to victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN and related personel. We are studying the Fund’s effectiveness and whether it provides adequate support for victims of sexual violence before taking a decision on whether to contribute. The UK is committed to ending sexual exploitation and abuse by those who are entrusted with protecting some of the most vulnerable people in the world. That is why we have committed around $3m to supporting the UN’s work on this issue since 2016, and wholeheartedly support the efforts of the UN Secretary-General to tackle this issue robustly. The UK’s Safeguarding conference in October was an important milestone in advancing the international effort to eradicate sexual exploitation and abuse within the international development sector

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