UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – The United Nations  unveiled a website yesterday aimed at improving transparency  about sexual misconduct allegations and other charges leveled  against members of its missions.

The website (http://cdu.unlb.org/) tracks the number of  alleged offenses by U.N. personnel over the last three years,  collected from political and peacekeeping missions across the  globe.

It also provides a record of how many charges were  substantiated and whether disciplinary action was taken.

“This is a first stage and a work in progress,” U.N.  spokesman Martin Nesirky told journalists.

The site, operated by the world body’s conduct and  discipline unit, is the latest effort to address the issue of  sexual misconduct by U.N. personnel.

U.N. leaders demanded reforms after the MONUC mission in  the Democratic Republic of Congo came under scrutiny in 2004.  U.N. peacekeepers there were accused of paying for sex with  underage girls in the country’s violence-torn east.

Relatively few of the allegations were substantiated, but  details of the misconduct that emerged prompted calls for  greater transparency and enforcement.

In one case, a 14-year-old Congolese girl said she was paid  two eggs in return for having sex with a soldier.

This year MONUC received over 40 allegations of sexual  misconduct, more than any other mission, the website shows.

The  U.N. mission in Liberia, known as UNMIL, also drew many  complaints, with more than 15 sex abuse allegations on file.