A Decade after Rwanda: The United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect
A Panel Discussion on the tenth anniversary of the Rwanda genocide
ECOSOC Chamber, 7 April 2004, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Programme

Welcome/Introduction

The event will begin with opening remarks by the Deputy Secretary-General followed by presentations by the four panellists.

Chair: Ms. Louise Fréchette, Deputy Secretary-General

Lessons learned from Rwanda 1994

Gen. Henry Kwami Anyidoho, former Deputy Force Commander, UNAMIR

The Responsibility to Protect: Conclusions of the report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty

Mr. Mohamed Sahnoun, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General

The politics of The Responsibility to Protect

Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada

What is next for the international community?

Ms. Samantha Power, Harvard University, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide

Question and Answer Session

Conclusion

The Deputy Secretary-General will make concluding remarks.

A Decade after Rwanda: The United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect A Panel Discussion on the tenth anniversary of the Rwanda genocide ECOSOC Chamber, 7 April 2004, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.