International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 66b Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa, published in 2018.

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Genocide International Days Rwanda

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At its 77th plenary meeting, on 26 January 2018, the General Assembly, on the proposal of Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Comoros, the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Israel, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Monaco, Morocco, Namibia, the Niger, Nigeria, the Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, the Sudan, Swaziland,29 Togo, Turkey, Uganda, Viet Nam and Zambia,30

recalling its resolution 58/234 of 23 December 2003 and bearing in mind that, since 2004, 7 April has been observed in the United Nations as the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda, recalling also Security Council resolution 955 (1994) of 8 November 1994 concerning the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994,

recalling further that the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda issued, on 16 June 2006, a judicial notice concluding that it was a “fact of common knowledge” that “between 6 April and 17 July 1994, there was a genocide in Rwanda against the Tutsi ethnic group”,31 recalling that more than a million people were killed during the genocide, including Hutu and others who opposed it, and noting with concern any form of denial of that genocide, recalling Security Council resolution 2150 (2014) of 16 April 2014, and recognizing the importance of combating impunity for all violations that constitute the crime of genocide, decided to designate 7 April as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and recalled that, during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, Hutu and others who opposed it were also killed.

26 A/72/101/Rev.1/Add.1.

27 A/72/L.60/Rev.1 and A/72/L.60/Rev.1/Corr.1.

28 A/72/700.

29 On 30 May 2018, the Permanent Mission of Swaziland to the United Nations advised the Secretariat that “Eswatini” was to be used as the short form of the country name.

30 A/72/L.31 and A/72/L.31/Add.1.

31 ICTR-98–44-AR73(C).

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