UN Watch in City AM: “In light of the Haiti prostitution scandal, should Oxfam lose UK government funding?”

(Source: City AM, “In light of the Haiti prostitution scandal, should Oxfam lose UK government funding?,” February 13, 2018) In light of the Haiti prostitution scandal, should Oxfam lose UK government funding? YES – Hillel Neuer, executive director of United Nations Watch Oxfam betrayed the very people it was meant to protect. And this isn’t just about a few bad apples. Before the organisation ever sent Roland van Hauwermeiren to be country director for Haiti – where he turned a villa rented by Oxfam into a brothel, sexually exploiting minors – officials knew of similar conduct by him…

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