The twelfth anniversary of the beginning of the Rwandan genocide should serve as the occasion for the international community to renew its commitment to ensure that it did not let genocide happen ever again, Juan Méndez told correspondents today at a Headquarters press conference. (For a better perspective, please click the map of Rwanda from the ICTR.)
“As we remember the almost 1 million victims, we also have to remember that the international community failed to protect those victims, and that we were unable or unwilling to do what needs to be done to prevent persecution and murder on the basis of ethnicity or race”, stated Mr. Méndez, who serves as the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide.
http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs//2006/060407_Mendez_PC.doc.htm
Please see:
On remembrance day for Rwanda’s genocide victims, UN urges action on Darfur
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=18100&Cr=genocide&Cr1=
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
http://www.ictr.org
Rwanda: Documents Shed New Light on Genocide Planning; Use of Civilian ‘Self-Defense’ Militias Revealed on Anniversary of Massacres
http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/04/07/rwanda13133.htm
Rwanda Info Exchange
http://www.rwanda.net
Rwanda Partners
http://www.rwandapartners.org
Prevent Genocide International
http://www.preventgenocide.org
ICTR COMMEMORATES 10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GENOCIDE IN RWANDA
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1560&blz=1
RWANDA GENOCIDE: Ten Years Later
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1559&blz=1
http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs//2006/060407_Mendez_PC.doc.htm
Please see:
On remembrance day for Rwanda’s genocide victims, UN urges action on Darfur
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=18100&Cr=genocide&Cr1=
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
http://www.ictr.org
Rwanda: Documents Shed New Light on Genocide Planning; Use of Civilian ‘Self-Defense’ Militias Revealed on Anniversary of Massacres
http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/04/07/rwanda13133.htm
Rwanda Info Exchange
http://www.rwanda.net
Rwanda Partners
http://www.rwandapartners.org
Prevent Genocide International
http://www.preventgenocide.org
ICTR COMMEMORATES 10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE GENOCIDE IN RWANDA
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1560&blz=1
RWANDA GENOCIDE: Ten Years Later
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout4.php&id=1559&blz=1