RWANDA: REMEMBERING THE GENOCIDE Print Home | Archive | Français | Contact Us | Subscribe | Links UN Chronicle E-Alert                                                                               2004, No. 4 On 7 April 2004, it will be 10 years since the start of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Commemorative ceremonies will be held in Kigali, Dar-es-Salaam, New York, Geneva, and elsewhere around the globe to observe the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, designated last December by the United Nations General Assembly. This Day will be a time to remember that a world which had the capacity to end the killings that claimed the lives of as many as 800,000 people did not act soon or forcefully enough, “forever sullying the collective conscience”, as Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on 13 March. In remarks at the Memorial Conference on the Rwanda Genocide, organized by the Governments of Canada and Rwanda in New York, 26 March, he urged that “the silence that has greeted genocide in the past must be replaced by a global clamour — a clamour and a willingness to call what is happening by its true name.” The following articles have been selected from past issues of the UN Chronicle and its online edition. Please visit the E-Alert archive for coverage of other important global issues. Web Article, March 2004 A Decade After Rwanda: The United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect Issue 4, 2003 'The Whole World Knew But Did Nothing' First Person: Jacqueline Murekatete spoke with Annabel Boissonnade-Fotheringham of the UN Chronicle. Issue 4, 2003 Rwanda Promotes Women Decision-makers By Consuelo Remmert Issue 2, 2001 RightsWatch: Reconciling Non-intervention and Human Rights By Douglas T. Stuart Issue 2, 1999 Opinion: ‘Oblivious to Barbarism of the Most Horrific Sort’ The Charter: Does It Fit? By Michael J. Glennon Issue 4, 1998 UNconventional: Law and War - A Doctrine of Deterrence Issue 3, 1998 Within Four Swift Years, ICTR Shows Results Issue 4, 1994 RWANDA: ‘Genocidal slaughter’ claims as many as 1 million Issue 4, 1994 Interview: Witnessing ‘the worst of times’ Peter Hansen, the then Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, gave an interview to the UN Chronicle following his mission to Rwanda. Links on issues relating to Rwanda and Genocide International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Memorial Conference on the Rwanda Genocide, New York, 26 March 2004 (Recorded Webcast) ICTR Releases CD-ROM Panel discussion on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Rwanda genocide, 7 April 2004 “A Decade After Rwanda: The United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect” (Live Webcast) These stories and more can be found at UN Chronicle Online at www.un.org/chronicle. The UN Chronicle print edition is published by the Department of Public Information of United Nations in English and French, and co-published in Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish. It is not an official record; the views expressed in individual articles do not necessarily imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. To subscribe to the magazine, contact UN Publications at publications@un.org or call (800) 253-9646, or go to