OREANDA-NEWS. December 16, 2011. UTair Aviation informs that operations under contracts in support of the United Nations missions are currently being performed by UTair to the full extent without any limitations.

It is true that in May 2011, actions of an employee of one of UTair Group companies engaged in support of the UN Mission in Congo were classified by the UN as “sexual abuse”. UTair is fully sharing the “zero tolerance policy” regarding such actions, as declared by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Therefore it actively participated in investigation of this case by the special UN committee and took the required disciplinary measures towards its employee.

Besides that, UTair, in collaboration with the UN, has arranged continuous monitoring of efficiency of policies, measures and procedures implemented for the purpose of preventing the company personnel from becoming involved into sexual exploitation and abuse.

Despite the fact that UTair has been successfully cooperating with the UN for 20 years, UTair’s management took this case very seriously. UTair is confident that implementing new practices and continuous monitoring of the situation will allow it to fully comply with the requirements of the most reputable international body and conform to the high status of a UN vendor.

UTair Aviation is the largest vendor of air services for the United Nations. Only for the last 10 years more than 8000 UTair employees were engaged in operations in support of the UN Missions, this includes professional pilots and engineers providing safe flight operations. At present more than 50 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft of UTair Aviation are engaged in long-term contracts for air support of UN peace-keeping missions in Sierra-Leone, Cote-d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sudan, Congo and Afghanistan.