2014A/RES/68/129Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violenceLatestCompare with previous version
1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2015.
2015A/70/611Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence report of the Secretary-General
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What does this mandate say?
9 operative paragraphs
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Recalls its resolution 58/234 of 23 December 2003, in which it designated 7 April 2004 as the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda, and calls upon the United Nations and the international community to join the Rwandan people for the twentieth commemoration of the 1994 Rwandan genocide in April 2014 and to renew the commitment to the fight against genocide throughout the world;
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Requeststhe 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;
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Calls upon Member States and the United Nations system to urgently implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General;Error: Reference source not found
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Requeststhe 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;
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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 the Genocide Fugitive Tracking Unit of the Ministry of Justice of the Government of Rwanda, and underlines the need for increased and sustained attention to these issues;
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Welcomes the adoption of Security Council resolution 1966 (2010), in which the Council decided to establish the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals and in this regard calls upon the Mechanism to conclude the remaining cases within the initial period set out in resolution 1966 (2010), and calls upon Member States to support that effort;
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Requeststhe Secretary-General, in consultation with the Government of Rwanda, to continue 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, transparency and victim support in Rwanda;
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Also requeststhe 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 continue to take all necessary and practicable measures for the implementation of the present resolution and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly, at its seventieth session, with concrete recommendations for appropriate solutions to the remaining needs of survivors of the Rwandan genocide of 1994;
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Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventieth 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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