As the United Nations celebrates its sixtieth anniversary this year, we are reminded also of the sixtieth anniversary of the Nuremberg Trials, which judged the accused war criminals of Nazi Germany. One of the key principles on which the United Nations was founded was to "never again" allow acts of genocide. During the 2005 World Summit in September, Member States met and reaffirmed their commitment "to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity".
Below are related UN Chronicle articles and features on Rwanda and genocide, as well as links to other relevant UN sites.
Combating Genocide: What Remains to be Done Sixty Years After Nuremberg
LINKS TO RELATED RESOURCES AT THE UNITED NATIONS
>> UN DPI Seminar on “Critical Perspectives
in Combating Genocide”
>> International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda - UN
>> Verdicts on the Crime of Genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
>> Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - UN Cyberschoolbus
>> Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - OHCHR
>> International Court of Justice
>> 'Connection between Peace and Economic Security must be Rediscovered', says Secretary-General, in address to 53rd General Assembly
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