The United Nations has sent an investigative panel to Haiti to probe the apparent sexual assault of an 18-year-old Haitian man by Uruguayan troops with the international peacekeeping force. The incident has sparked protests and renewed calls for the force’s departure from Haiti. Speaking in Port-au-Prince, U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Anthony Banbury condemned the assault.

Anthony Banbury: “This incident is clearly unacceptable. What happened is wrong. But we don’t yet know all the facts. And before we reach any final conclusion, we have to wait for the investigation to be completed.”