Outreach Programme on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and the United Nations

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href="https://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/detail.jsp?id=185/185620&key=53&query=rwanda%20delivering%20as%20one&lang=&sf="><img class="img-responsive featured-img-lg" src="assets/img/featured-img-index-lg-2024.jpg" alt="Photo of a woman and 4 children standing at the podium in the GA hall as one of them speaks"></a> <div class="info-caption" aria-hidden="true"></div> <figcaption id="imageDescription" class="image-metadata image-info animated"> <span class="image-caption">Rwandan youth reading messages of hope for Rwanda in the United Nations General Assembly. © UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe</span> </figcaption> </figure> <div id="slideme" class="flex-item-card text-center white-text stories-card-page stories-card-light card-sm"> <h2>1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda</h2> <p>7 April marks the start of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. On or around that date, the United Nations organizes commemorative events at its Headquarters and its offices around the world.</p> </div> </section>  <section class="mg-sections container">  <div class="row flex-container"> <div class="col-md-6">  <div class="text"> <h2 class="block-title">International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda</h2> <p class="blurb">2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, one of the darkest chapters in human history. More than one million people – overwhelmingly Tutsi, but also Hutu and others who opposed the genocide – were systematically killed in less than three months. On this Day, we honour those who were murdered and reflect on the suffering of those who survived.</p> <div type="button" style="margin-bottom:6rem;"> <a id="report-button" class="button button-light pull-right fright" href="commemorations-2024.shtml">30th Anniversary Commemoration >></a> </div> <div type="button"> <a id="discussion-series-button" class="button button-light pull-right fright" href="https://www.un.org/en/exhibits/exhibit/rwanda-remember-unite-renew">REMEMBER. UNITE. RENEW. EXHIBIT>></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 padded-top">  <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/veWofkpazhs?si=Rue3AwsUrFQNUznW" title="Memory of Genocide: Story of Survival in Rwanda" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> <p class="photo-credit">Memory of Genocide: Story of Survival in Rwanda</p> <p>Claver Irakoze was 11 years old when the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda happened in 1994. Irakoze speaks about the horror, loss and trauma he experienced through the genocide, and how he found meaning in keeping this memory alive for future generations.</p> <h3 class="twitter-btn"> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?button_hashtag=PreventGenocide&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" class="twitter-hashtag-button" data-size="large" data-related="UN" data-lang="en" data-show-count="false">Tweet #PreventGenocide </a><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </h3>  </div> </div>   <div class="row flex-container"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="text"> <h2 class="block-title">New Permanent Tribute at UNHQ</h2> <p class="blurb">Statue "Kwibuka Flame of Hope"</p> <p>The statue "Kwibuka Flame of Hope", a gift from the Republic of Rwanda, was installed on 11 September 2024 in the north garden area at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Kwibuka flame symbolizes the resilience and courage of Rwandans since the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, when more than one million people were systematically killed following years of misinformation, disinformation and hate speech exacerbating ethnic tensions.</p> <div type="button" style="margin-bottom:6rem;"> <a id="event-info" class="button button-light pull-right fright" href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qUO_miBw2E4">Watch the introduction by Melissa Fleming</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 padded-top"> <p> </p> <figure class="mg-block"> <a href="https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1p/k1pljcl6hz"> <img class="img-responsive" src="assets/img/Kwibuka-Flame-of-Hope.jpg" alt="Kwibuka Flame of Hope statue"></a><p class="photo-credit">© UN Photo/Manuel Elías<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qUO_miBw2E4">Introduction by the Under-Secretary-General</a> of the Department of Global Communications, Melissa Fleming</p> </figure> </div> </div>   <div class="row flex-container"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="text"> <h2 class="block-title">In Rwanda, UN Deputy Secretary-General Honours Victims of Genocide against the Tutsi</h2> <p class="blurb">United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed was in Rwanda recently, where she paid tribute to the victims and survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.</p> <p>Visiting the Kigali Genocide Memorial on 6 September, the Deputy Secretary-General offered a wreath of white flowers at the final resting site of over 250,000 genocide victims and observed a moment of silence, before adding a personal message to the memorial guest book. </p> <p>“We must never forget. We must always protect our social fabric and the strength of its diversity,” the Deputy Secretary-General wrote on social media that day, noting that 2024 is the thirtieth anniversary of the genocide. </p> <div type="button" style="margin-bottom:6rem;"> <a id="event-info" class="button button-light pull-right fright" href="in-rwanda-un-deputy-secretary-general-honours-victims-of-genocide-against-the-tutsi.shtml">Full article</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 padded-top"> <figure class="mg-block"> <a href="in-rwanda-un-deputy-secretary-general-honours-victims-of-genocide-against-the-tutsi.shtml"> <img class="img-responsive" src="assets/img/UNDSG-honours-victims-of-genocide-agains-the-tutsi.jpg" alt="Amina Mohammed at the podium"></a><p class="photo-credit">© United Nations</p> </figure> </div> </div>   <div class="row flex-container"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="text"> <h2 class="block-title">Virtual event: 4 June 2024</h2> <p class="blurb">Hate speech in media and social media – Lessons from the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda</p> <p>The Outreach Programme on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and the United Nations hold a virtual panel discussion to explore valuable lessons learned from the role of media-led hate speech played in inciting the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. </p> <p>The event took place during <a href="https://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/rwanda/commemorations-2024.shtml">Kwibuka</a>, which is the 100 days of remembrance of the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and ahead of the <a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/countering-hate-speech">International Day for Countering Hate Speech</a>.</p> <div type="button" style="margin-bottom:6rem;"> <a id="event-info" class="button button-light pull-right fright" href="https://www.un.org/en/hate-speech/events#Rwanda2024">Details on UN against Hate Speech website</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 padded-top"> <p> </p> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" src="https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/2503451/embedPlaykitJs/uiconf_id/49754663?iframeembed=true&entry_id=1_3k97ekrc&config[playback]={"audioLanguage":"en"}&config[ui]={"locale":"en"}" title="Hate speech: lessons learned from the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda"></iframe> </div> <p class="photo-credit">4 June 2024</p> </div> </div>   <div class="row flex-container padded-top"> <div class="col-md-6 padded-top"> <div class="text"> <h2 class="block-title">Kwibuka30: Learning from the past, safeguarding the future against genocide</h2> <p class="blurb">One should never lose sight that for people who experienced genocide, the warning signs were there. Genocide is a process. It requires preparation and capacities to carry it out.</p> <p>In <a href="https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/april-2024/kwibuka30-learning-past-safeguarding-future-against-genocide">this article</a> from <a href="https://www.un.org/africarenewal/">Africa Renewal</a>, Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu speaks on remembering those whose futures were taken away, and those at risk across the world today.</p> <div type="button" style="margin-bottom:6rem;"> <a id="report-button" class="button button-light pull-right fright" href="https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/april-2024/kwibuka30-learning-past-safeguarding-future-against-genocide">Africa Renewal full article >></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-4 padded-top"> <figure class="mg-block"> <a href="https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/april-2023/we-must-counter-hate-speech-if-we-want-prevent-future-genocides-%E2%80%93-alice-wairimu"> <img class="img-responsive" src="assets/img/Alice-Nderitu-K30.jpg" alt="Alice Nderitu addressing an event"></a><p class="photo-credit">© UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe</p> </figure>  </div> </div>  </section>   <section class="bg-blue-no-watermark mg-sections container-fluid">  <div class="row">   <div class="row mg-block"> <div class="video col-xs-12 col-md-4">  <a href="commemorations-2024-sg-message.shtml"><img class="img-responsive" src="assets/img/sg-message-home-page.jpg" alt="UN Secretary General speaking with a commemorative banner behind him"></a> <blockquote class="hpg-video"> <div class="white-text pd-quote-title text-center"><a href="commemorations-2024-sg-message.shtml">Message from H.E. António Guterres</a> (2024)</div> </blockquote> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-1 col-lg-3"></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-10 col-lg-6 quote-link button-light-contrast text-center white-text" style="margin-bottom: 4rem;"> <a href="commemorations-2024.shtml" id="no-underline">Observance</a> </div>  <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-1 col-lg-3"></div> </div> </div> <div class="video col-xs-12 col-md-4">  <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/p/2503451/embedPlaykitJs/uiconf_id/49754663?iframeembed=true&entry_id=1_ulg69s7m" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" title="Rwanda and the Power of Post-genocide Reconciliation" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"></iframe> </div> <blockquote class="hpg-video"> <div class="white-text pd-quote-title text-center"> <p>The Power of Post-genocide Reconciliation (00:00:54)</p> </div>  </blockquote> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-1 col-lg-4"></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-10 col-lg-4 quote-link button-light-contrast text-center white-text" style="margin-bottom: 1rem;"> <a href="remember-unite-renew.shtml" id="no-underline">Exhibition</a> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-1 col-lg-4"></div> </div> </div> <div class="video col-xs-12 col-md-4">  <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vSEBb0plyLM?si=HRIsJeZWVPms9AHv" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" title="interview with a Rwanda genocide survivor" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"></iframe> </div> <blockquote class="hpg-video"> <div class="white-text pd-quote-title text-center"> <p>Eric E. Murangwa "Football saved my life" (00:16:35)</p> </div>  </blockquote> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-1 col-lg-2"></div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-10 col-lg-8 quote-link button-light-contrast text-center white-text" style="margin-bottom: 1rem;"> <a href="preventing-genocide.shtml" id="no-underline">Preventing Genocide</a> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-1 col-lg-2"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section>    <section class="mg-sections container"> <div class="row flex-container text-center white-text"> <div class="flex-item-card green-card card"> <h2 style="font-size: 2.7em;" class="green-card-heading"><br />Backgrounders</h2> <div class="quote-link button-light-contrast text-center white-text"> <a href="backgrounders.shtml" id="no-underline">Reading Materials</a> </div> <p class="padded-top">On justice and the reconciliation process; preventing genocide; the responsibility to protect; and on sexual violence used as a tool of war.</p> </div> <div class="flex-item-card green-card card"> <h2 style="font-size: 2.78em;" class="green-card-heading">Survivor Testimonies</h2> <div class="quote-link button-light-contrast text-center white-text"><a href="survivor-testimonies.shtml" id="no-underline">PDF</a></div> <div class="quote-link button-light-contrast text-center white-text padded-top"><a href="videos.shtml#Survivors" id="no-underline">Video</a></div> <div class="quote-link button-light-contrast text-center white-text padded-top"><a href="audio.shtml" id="no-underline">Audio</a></div> </div> <div class="flex-item-card green-card card"> <h2 style="font-size: 2.8em;" class="green-card-heading">Tribunal<br />Archives</h2> <div class="quote-link button-light-contrast text-center white-text"> <a href="audio.shtml" id="no-underline">Audio Clips</a> </div> <p class="padded-top">Judicial audio archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda providing valuable insight.</p> </div> </div> </section>   <section class="mg-sections container"> <div class="heading-image-container"> <div class="heading-image text-center"> <h2 class="heading-text">Tugire Ubumwe</h2> <div class="quote-link button-light-contrast text-center white-text"><a href="graphic-novel.shtml" id="no-underline">Graphic Novel</a></div>  </div> <img class="img-responsive featured-img-sm" src="assets/img/featured-img-graphic-novel-lg-BW.jpg" alt="Frames from the graphic novel for a young audience about the Genocide in Rwanda."> <img class="img-responsive featured-img-lg" src="assets/img/featured-img-graphic-novel-lg-BW.jpg" alt="Frames from the graphic novel for a young audience about the Genocide in Rwanda."> </div> </section>   <section class="mg-sections container">  <div class="row flex-container"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-5"> <h2 class="block-title">ONE UN Rwanda</h2> <p class="blurb">Since the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, the United Nations has been a fundamental partner in the reconstruction of Rwanda. </p> <p class="blurb">The United Nations system in Rwanda consists of 22 UN agencies, programmes, and funds, both resident and non-resident. </p> <p class="blurb">Since 2008, the UN system in Rwanda has been delivering as one: ‘One UN’. This means: one leader – the UN Resident Coordinator; one budget; one programme – the five-year Development Assistance Plan (UNDAP II); and one voice. ‘One UN’ capitalizes on the strengths and comparative advantages of the different UN agencies in the UN system and calls for coordinated endeavors for achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to Transform Our World that were set out in Agenda 2030. </p> <p class="blurb">Between 2018-2023, the One UN Rwanda has budgeted around US $631 million to assist the country in its development.</p> <a href="https://rwanda.un.org" id="report-button" class="button button-light pull-right fright">ONE UN Rwanda >></a>  </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-5 pd-hz-block"> <img class="img-responsive" src="assets/img/rw.one-2.png" alt="IOM aids Rwandan returnees from Tanzania."><p class="photo-credit">IOM aids Rwandan returnees from Tanzania. © IOM.</p> </div> </div> </section>   <section id="greyed-out-bkgd" class="mg-sections container-fluid"> <div class="row mg-block"> <h2 class="block-title-fluid text-center">Exhibits</h2> </div> <div class="row mg-block"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3"> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-media"> <a href="remember-unite-renew.shtml"> <img class="img-responsive center-block" src="assets/img/exhibit-rwanda-genocide-2024-index-pg-5.jpg" alt="Laurence and Xavier sit next to each other and look at each other with a smile"> </a> </div> <div class="panel-body"> <p><strong>Remember. Unite. Renew.</strong></p> <p>Laurence Niyonangira survived the genocide, but 37 of her relatives were killed. She was 20 years old.</p> <p>Xavier Nemeye was 30 years old when he took part in the genocide.</p> <p>Today, Rwanda is a testament to the power of post-genocide reconciliation.</p> <p>Among the stories of hope is that of Laurence, a survivor, and Xavier, her family’s killer, who now live as friends.</p> </div> <div class="panel-footer"> <div class="row">  <div class="col-md-12"> <h3 class="exhibit-title"><a href="remember-unite-renew.shtml">Remember. Unite. Renew.</a></h3>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3"> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-media center-block"> <a href="rising-rwanda.shtml"> <img class="img-responsive center-block" src="assets/img/exhibits/rising-rwanda-children.jpg" alt="Children showcasing their art.">  </a> </div> <div class="panel-body"> <p><strong>35 Children:<br> Visual & Aural Narratives</strong></p> <p>In an effort to understand and define the underlying tone of the first post-genocide generation in Rwanda, children (ranging in age from 6 to 15) were asked to draw pictures that portrayed them engaging in an activity with someone they respect.</p> <p>Rising Rwanda is a documentary project that intertwines photography, video and in-depth interviews to tell a story of identity and culture in a post-genocidal Rwanda.</p> </div> <div class="panel-footer"> <div class="row">  <div class="col-md-12"> <h3 class="exhibit-title"><a href="rising-rwanda.shtml">Rising Rwanda</a></h3>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3"> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-media"> <a href="stories-of-survival-photo-exhibit.shtml"> <img class="img-responsive center-block" src="assets/img/exhibits/2023-exhibit-dress.png" alt="child's dress" > </a> </div> <div class="panel-body"> <p><strong>Survival and Remembrance</strong></p> <p>"This dress belongs to Clarisse Uwonkunda, my daughter; she was five during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. I found it in a grave in Rubavu, Western Province, Rwanda. Last January 2017, I went to Rwanda and wanted to find your bodies (skeleton) and restore your dignity. I found you on January 20th and took you to the memorial site of Nyanza, Kicukiro." - Immaculée Mukantaganira.</p> <p>The objects in this exhibition reflect the lives of their one-time owners.</p> </div> <div class="panel-footer"> <div class="row">  <div class="col-md-12"> <h3 class="exhibit-title"><a href="stories-of-survival-photo-exhibit.shtml">Stories of Survival and Remembrance</a></h3>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-lg-3"> <div class="panel panel-default"> <div class="panel-media"> <a href="eight-hundred-thousand.shtml"> <img class="img-responsive center-block" src="assets/img/exhibits/800000-1.jpg" alt="Photo of the Exhibit '800 000'."> </a> </div> <div class="panel-body"> <p><strong>800,000</strong></p> <p>800,000 are the pages in 2500 books displayed in 100 crates: one page for each victim, one crate for each day of the genocide. The books were hand-bound through the collaboration of the "800,000" team, six high schools, and three groups of volunteers.</p> <p>Each victim is acknowledged through a hand print on one of the 800,000 pages. The project asks to acknowledge each life lost, remember the victims, and renew hope and support.</p> </div> <div class="panel-footer"> <div class="row">  <div class="col-md-12"> <h3 class="exhibit-title"><a href="eight-hundred-thousand.shtml">800,000</a></h3>  </div> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="row mg-block flex-container"> <div type="button" class="pd-hz-block"> <h3 class="exhibit-title"><a href="kwibuka-20.shtml" id="report-button" class="button button-dark fright">Other Exhibits >></a></h3> </div> </div> </section>   </main> <footer class="footer container"> <div class="row list-inline"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="pull-left flip footer-brand"> <a href="http://www.un.org/en/" title="Home"><span class="site-name">UNITED NATIONS</span></a> </div> <div class="pull-right flip"> <section class="region region-footer-5"> <div id="block-menu-menu-footer-links" class="block block-menu"> <ul class="menu nav"> <li class="first leaf"><a href="/en/contact-us-0">Contact</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/en/about-us/copyright">Copyright</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/en/about-us/fraud-alert">Fraud Alert</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/en/about-us/privacy-notice">Privacy Notice</a></li> <li class="leaf"><a href="/en/site-index">Site Index</a></li> <li class="last leaf"><a href="/en/about-us/terms-of-use">Terms of Use</a></li> </ul> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </footer> <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="https://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.0.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.js"></script> <script src="//use.edgefonts.net/source-sans-pro.js"></script>   <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-Tc5IQib027qvyjSMfHjOMaLkfuWVxZxUPnCJA7l2mCWNIpG9mGCD8wGNIcPD7Txa" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>  <script src="/en/events/global-assets/Accessible-Mega-Menu-master/js/jquery-accessibleMegaMenu.js"></script>  <script src="/en/events/global-assets/js/site.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/common/scripts/jquery/jquery.jfeed.pack.js"></script> <script src="/en/events/global-assets/js/en/search.js"></script> <script src="assets/js/captions.js"></script> <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gsap/1.20.3/TweenMax.min.js"></script> <script> function start(){ TweenLite.from(document.getElementById("slideme"), 1, {css:{autoAlpha:0, left:-200}, delay:0.15}); } window.onload = start; </script> <script> $(document).ready(function () { $("#site-main-menu li#li-home a").addClass("active_me"); }); </script>  </body> </html>

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