"I Am Sorry": WHO Chief Apologises For Sex Abuse By Staff In Congo
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Abuses were committed by personnel hired locally as well as members of international teams in Congo to fight an Ebola outbreak from 2018 to 2020
The head of the World Health Organization apologised Tuesday after independent investigators probing allegations of sexual abuse in the DR Congo by the UN agency's staff issued a damning indictment, citing "clear structural failures" and "individual negligence".
"The first thing I want to say to the victims and survivors... I am sorry," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference.
"It is my top priority that the perpetrators are not excused but held (to) account," he added.
The abuses were committed by personnel hired locally as well as members of international teams in the country to fight an Ebola outbreak from 2018 to 2020.
