"I want to make clear I am not resigning from UNICEF because of the mistakes I made at Save the Children. "I am resigning because of the danger of damaging both UNICEF and Save the Children and our wider cause. UNICEF on Wednesday said it was unaware that Forsyth faced those complaints when he was recruited. "Executive Director Henrietta Fore today accepted Justin Forsyth's resignation from his position as Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF," said a UNICEF statement. The complaints at Save The Children follow revelations that Oxfam was investigating 26 cases of sexual misconduct since a crisis erupted over its handling of a scandal involving prostitution in Haiti.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 22, 2018 19:41 UTC