| On 7 April 2004, it will be 10 years since the start of
the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Commemorative ceremonies will be held in Kigali,
Dar-es-Salaam, New York, Geneva, and elsewhere around the globe to observe the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda,
designated last December by the United Nations General Assembly.
This Day will be a time to remember that a world which had the
capacity to end the killings that claimed the lives of as many as 800,000
people did not act soon or forcefully enough, "forever sullying the
collective conscience", as Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on 13
March. In remarks at the Memorial Conference on the Rwanda Genocide, organized by
the Governments of Canada and Rwanda in New York, 26 March, he urged
that "the silence that has greeted genocide in the past must be replaced
by a global clamour -- a clamour and a willingness to call what is happening
by its true name."
The following articles have been selected from past issues of
the UN Chronicle and its online
edition.
Web Article, March 2004
A Decade After Rwanda: The United Nations and the Responsibility
to Protect
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/webArticles/033004_Rwanda.asp
Issue 4, 2003
'The Whole World Knew But Did Nothing'
First Person: Jacqueline Murekatete spoke with Annabel Boissonnade-Fotheringham of the UN Chronicle.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue4/0403p26.asp
Issue 4, 2003
Rwanda Promotes Women Decision-makers
By Consuelo Remmert
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue4/0403p25.asp
Issue 2, 2001
RightsWatch:
Reconciling Non-intervention and Human Rights
By Douglas T. Stuart
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2001/issue2/0102p32.htm
Issue 2, 1999
Opinion: 'Oblivious to Barbarism of the Most Horrific
Sort' The Charter: Does It Fit?
By Michael J. Glennon
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/1999/issue2/0299p32.htm
Issue 4, 1998
UNconventional: Law and War - A Doctrine of Deterrence
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/1998/issue4/498p52.htm
Issue 3, 1998
Within Four Swift Years, ICTR Shows Results
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/1998/issue3/398p5.htm
Issue 4, 1994
RWANDA:
'Genocidal slaughter' claims as many as 1 million
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/1994/issue4/0494p4.asp
Issue 4, 1994
Interview: Witnessing 'the worst of times'
Peter Hansen, the then Under-Secretary-General for
Humanitarian Affairs, gave an interview to the UN Chronicle following his
mission to Rwanda.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/1994/issue4/0494p10.asp
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