ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ESTABLISHES

 

INDEPENDENT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

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GENEVA, 8 April (UN Information Service) – The Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, has established an Independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate alleged human rights violations committed during an anti-government protest in Côte d’Ivoire two weeks ago.

Tragedy in Rwanda underscored value of finding alternativeS to violence,

General Assembly President says at meeting on 1994 genocide

Following is the statement by General Assembly President Julian R. Hunte (Saint Lucia) at the Assembly’s meeting commemorating the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda today:

‘we must remember the victims’, says secretary-general in message to headquarters

observance of 10TH anniversary of genocide in rwanda

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the ceremony and “minute of silence” at United Nations Headquarters marking the tenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, delivered today by Catherine Bertini, Under-Secretary-General for Management:

‘risk of genocide remains frightEningly real’, secretary-general tells human

rights commission as he launches action plan to prevent genocide

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva today:

It is good that we have observed those minutes of silence together.

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ICC Pays Tribute to Rwandan Victims

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THE HAGUE, 7 April (ICC) -- Upon the occasion of the tenth Anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda, the International Criminal Court held this morning a commemorative event in memory of the victims.

On behalf of the International Criminal Court the following statement was delivered by President Philippe Kirsch:

Secretary-general saddened at deaths of six un peacekeepers

in democratic republic of congo

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

Secretary-General pays tribute to Rwandans for ‘remarkable resilience

and great dignity’ in recovering from genocide

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ceremony commemorating the tenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, in Kigali, delivered by Ibrahim Gambari, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa:

United Nations Organizes Space Technology Workshop in Sudan

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