THE UNITED NATIONS HAS HONOURED THOSE WHO WERE MURDERED DURING THE RWANDA GENOCIDE, REFLECTED ON THE SUFFERINGS AND RECOGNIZED THE RESILIENCE OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED.
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTONION GUTERRES SAID THIS AS THE WORLD JOINS THE PEOPLE OF RWANDA IN SOLIDARITY.
IT WAS IN THE EARLY HOURS OF APRIL 7 1994 THAT THE ETHNIC TENSION RUPTURED INTO GENOCIDE, WHICH LED TO THE LOSS OF LIVES OF AT LEAST ONE MILLION PEOPLE IN ABOUT HUNDRED DAYS IN A COUNTRY OF ESTIMATED 10 MILLION PEOPLE.
TWENTY SEVEN YEARS DOWN THE LANE, THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT VOLKAN BOSKIR SAID, THE 100 DAYS OF THE GENOCIDE TOOK HOLD OF THE HILLS AND THE WORLD REALIZED THE GRAVITY OF ITS COLLECTIVE FAILURE.
THE UN SCRIBE SAID, PEOPLE OF RWANDA HAVE SHOWN THE WORLD THE POWER OF JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF PROGRESS
THERE WAS A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND CANDLE LIGHT IN HONOUR OF VICTIMS OF THE GENOCIDE.
THE UNITED NATIONS COMMEMORATE THE DAY EVERY YEAR SO THAT THE WORLD DOES NOT FORGET ONE OF THE DARKEST CHAPTERS IN HUMAN HISTORY AND TO ALSO RENEW ITS COMMITMENT TO PREVENT SUCH ATROCITIES IN FUTURE.
