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DSG/SM/218
07/04/2004
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DSG/SM/218


how can world community better respond should genocide loom again? asks

Deputy Secretary-General, at hEADqUARTERS rwanda panel

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks at a panel discussion on “A Decade after Rwanda:  the United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect”, in New York, 7 April:


Thank you all for coming to the United Nations to join in the global commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda.

DSG/SM/217-GA/10233
07/04/2004
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DSG/SM/217
GA/10233


Deputy Secretary-General says deep sorrow over Rwanda must be transformed

into action to ensure such descent into horror never again permitted

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks at the meeting of the General Assembly in commemoration of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, with the participation of the President of the Security Council, in New York, 7 April:

AFR/894-GA/10234-GA/SM/341
07/04/2004
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AFR/894
GA/10234
GA/SM/341


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:

AFR/892-L/3063
07/04/2004
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AFR/892
L/3063


ICC Pays Tribute to Rwandan Victims


(Reissued as received.)


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: