Assistance to Survivors of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, Particularly Orphans, Widows and Victims of Sexual Violence

A/RES/60/225View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 73aStrengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, published in 2005.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2005–2014

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/68/129

2014A/RES/68/129Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violenceLatestCompare with previous version
2012A/RES/66/228Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violenceCompare with previous version
2010A/RES/64/226Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violenceCompare with previous version
2008A/RES/62/96Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violenceCompare with previous version
2006A/RES/60/225Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violenceCompare with previous version

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

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What subjects does this mandate have?

15 topics

Aid Programmes Civil Society Crime Victims Development Assistance Educational Programmes Funds Gender-Based Violence Genocide Information Dissemination Orphans Post-Conflict Reconstruction Poverty Mitigation Rehabilitation Report Preparation Rwanda

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2007.

2007A/62/310Humanitarian assistance and rehabilitation for selected countries and regions report of the Secretary-General

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What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General to encourage the relevant agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system to implement resolution 59/137 expeditiously;

Encourages all Member States to provide assistance to genocide survivors and other vulnerable groups in Rwanda in support of the present resolution;

Expresses its appreciation for development assistance and support for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Rwanda after the 1994 genocide, and calls upon Member States to continue to support the development of Rwanda, inter alia, through programmes under the poverty reduction strategy;

Urges Member States to develop educational programmes that will inculcate future generations with the lessons of the genocide in Rwanda in order to help to prevent future acts of genocide;

Requests the Secretary-General to establish a programme of outreach entitled “The Rwanda Genocide and the United Nations” as well as measures to mobilize civil society for Rwanda genocide victim remembrance and education, in order to help to prevent future acts of genocide, and to report to the General Assembly on the establishment of the programme within six months from the date of the adoption of the present resolution;

Also requests the Secretary-General, in view of the critical situation of the survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence, to take all necessary and practicable measures for the implementation of the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session;

Requests the General Committee to consider including in the provisional agenda of the General Assembly at its sixty-second session an additional item entitled “Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence”.

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