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

A/RES/62/96No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 72Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence, published in 2008.

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

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

20 topics
Aid CoordinationCapacity BuildingCrime VictimsDevelopment AssistanceEducational ProgrammesGender-Based ViolenceGenocideHiv/Aids PreventionHumanitarian AssistanceInformation DisseminationJudicial SystemMedical TreatmentMicrocreditOrphansPoverty MitigationRehabilitationResources AllocationRwandaTraining ProgrammesWitnesses

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2009.

  • 2009A/64/313Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs
1
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to encourage the relevant agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system to implement resolution 59/137 expeditiously, inter alia, by providing assistance in the areas of education for orphans, medical care and treatment for victims of sexual violence, including HIV-positive victims, trauma and psychological counselling, and skills training and microcredit programmes aimed at promoting self-sufficiency and alleviating poverty;
2
Also requests the Secretary-General to continue the activities of the programme of outreach entitled “The Rwanda Genocide and the United Nations” aimed at Rwanda genocide victim remembrance and education, in order to help to prevent future acts of genocide;
3
Notes the importance of residual issues including witness protection and victim support, the archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and judicial issues and capacity-building for the Rwandan judiciary, and underlines the need for increased and sustained attention to these issues;
4
Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Government of Rwanda, to encourage the relevant agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system to take appropriate steps to support, in particular, efforts to enhance judicial capacity-building and victim support in Rwanda;
5
Also requests the Secretary-General, in view of the critical situation of the survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda completion strategy, 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-fourth session;
6
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth session the item entitled “Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence”.

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