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SG/SM/9246-AFR/895
07/04/2004
Press Release
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AFR/895


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:

SG/SM/9245-AFR/893-HR/CN/1077
07/04/2004
Press Release
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AFR/893
HR/CN/1077


‘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.

SG/SM/9243-AFR/890
07/04/2004
Press Release
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‘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: