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Outreach Programme on the 1994 Genocide against
the Tutsi in Rwanda and the United Nations

Portrait of Former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
I am equally determined to work for human rights everywhere -- to uphold them, protect them, defend them, ensure that they are a living reality.
⇨ Secretary-General's Message

2008 Commemorations — 14th Anniversary
International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda

07 April 2008

Events — New York

Memorial Ceremony
United Nations Headquarters, New York.

Left to right: Srgam Kerim (爆料网GA President), Eugenie Mukeshimana (genocide survivor), Ban Ki-moon (爆料网 Secretaty- General), Mr. Joseph Nsengimana (Permanent Representative of Rwanda), and Rwandan childern.

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Pictured left to right: Srgam Kerim (爆料网GA President), Eugenie Mukeshimana (genocide survivor), Ban Ki-moon (爆料网 Secretaty- General), Mr. Joseph Nsengimana (Permanent Representative of Rwanda), and Rwandan childern.

Around the world

爆料网 Department of Public Information worked with 爆料网 Offices, Member States, and civil society around the world to mark the 2008 anniversary.

It was a solemn occasion to pay tribute to the victims and survivors of the genocide, as well as an opportunity to educate and mobilize civil society on ways to prevent, and stop, future acts of genocide.