29 Jan 2021
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres placed his new technology chief on administrative leave Thursday, just days after announcing the appointment, while the globalist body investigates a series of accusations of abuse of authority and harassment.
Guterres told a news conference the allegations against Fabrizio Hochschild are being investigated by the U.N.´s internal watchdog, the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS).
This is the same group instigated in 2018 when the UK
Guardian published a report alleging “the United Nations has allowed sexual harassment and assault to flourish in its offices around the world, with accusers ignored and perpetrators free to act with impunity.”
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Fabrizio Hochschild speaks to AFP in Bogota on February 24, 2016. The newly named UN envoy on technology has been placed on administrative leave over allegations of sexual harassment that have been made against him. (AFP via Getty Images)
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday he placed his newly named envoy on technology on administrative leave after allegations of sexual harassment were made against him.
Mr Guterres told a news conference the allegations against Fabrizio Hochschild are being investigated by the UN’s internal watchdog, the Office of Internal Oversight Services.
Complaints were filed by three women who worked with Mr Hochschild in his recent jobs, the latest coordinating preparations for the commemoration of the United Nations 75th anniversary, according to UN officials speaking anonymously because the allegations have not been made public.
U.N. chief puts technology envoy on leave over harassment inquiry Reuters 1/28/2021
By Michelle Nichols
NEW YORK (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has placed his technology envoy on administrative leave, days after announcing the appointment, while the world body investigates accusations of abuse of authority and harassment.
Three women filed complaints with the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) in the past two months accusing veteran U.N. official Fabrizio Hochschild of abuse of authority and harassment in 2019 and 2020, according to three sources familiar with the matter, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The complaints accuse Hochschild of creating a toxic work environment through bullying, aggressive outbursts, inappropriate remarks and phone calls and messages at all hours, the three sources told Reuters.
12/31/2020 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/31/2020 19:02
Approving $3.21Â Billion Budget, General Assembly Adopts 25Â Resolutions, Decisions from its Main Committees, Concluding Main Part of Seventy-Fifth Session
Concluding the main part of its seventy-fifth session, the General Assembly approved $3.21 billion for 2021 and adopted 22 resolutions and 3 decisions recommended by its Main Committees.
Adopting a range of drafts recommended by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), the Assembly approved resources for 2021, the Organization s second annual budget in nearly 50 years, by a recorded vote of 168 in favour to 2 against (Israel, United States) and no abstentions. The 2021 budget was greater than the $2.99 billion budget proposal unveiled by Secretary-General António Guterres in mid-October. Up slightly from last year s $3.07 billion appropriation, the 2021 budget keeps the Organization s doors open and its staff working amid a global pandemic