Sec. 102. Designation and reporting
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If credible information indicates that personnel from any United Nations peacekeeping troop- or police-contributing country have engaged in sexual exploitation or abuse and credible allegations of such misconduct indicate a pattern of significant and habitual sexual exploitation or abuse, the Secretary shall— designate the country in question as a peacekeeping abuse country of concern ; and promptly notify the country in question of its designation under this subsection. A designation under subsection (a)(1) shall remain in effect until the Secretary determines that— the pattern of significant and habitual sexual exploitation or abuse that led to such designation has ceased; and the country in question has taken appropriate steps— to prevent a pattern of significant and habitual sexual exploitation or abuse in the future; and to bring to justice the perpetrators of any such sexual exploitation or abuse.
The Secretary shall maintain a publicly-accessible list of all countries that are designated as a peacekeeping abuse country of concern. The Secretary shall promptly inform the appropriate congressional committees whenever the Secretary— designates a country as a peacekeeping abuse country of concern; or determines that a country no longer qualifies as a peacekeeping abuse country of concern as a result of meeting the criteria set forth in subsection (b). In assessing whether credible information indicates a pattern of significant and habitual sexual exploitation or abuse, the Secretary should consider all credible information, including— the contents of the annual United Nations Secretary General’s Bulletin entitled Special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse ; classified and unclassified information residing in Federal Government databases or other relevant records; open-source records, including media accounts and information available on the Internet; and information available from international organizations, foreign governments, and civil society organizations.