As we remember the bloodshed 28 years ago, we recognize that we always have a choice. To choose humanity over hatred; compassion over cruelty; courage over complacency; and reconciliation over rage.
2022 Commemorations — 28th Anniversary
International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda
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Events — New York
Virtual Memorial Ceremony
- Evite and Programme
- Secretary-General — Message
- We Always Have Choice between Humanity over Hatred — Press Release
- Genocide perpetrators must be brought to book — USG Alice Wairimu Nderitu
Video of the event is available on:
Virtual commemorative meeting to mark the 28th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, organized by the Department of Global Communications and the Permanent Mission of Rwanda to the United Nations.
10:00 am (New York time)
Side-Event of #Kwibuka28
Virtual via Webex
This year marks 28 years since the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Rwanda remains, and will always remain, a scar on the conscience of humanity. It is important that the horrors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi should galvanize our enduring commitment to ‘Never Again'.
In the context of several ongoing conflict situations and the serious risks of atrocity crimes around the world, this event has the objective to honour the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and highlight the rising risk of genocide denial and how it contributes to perpetuating risks of atrocity crimes.
The event is organized by Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide in partnership with the Permanent mission of the Republic of Rwanda to the United Nations and the United Nations Country Team of Rwanda.
Events — Geneva
Memorial Ceremony
Palais des Nations, Room XX, Geneva.
Events — Paris
Memorial Ceremony
UNESCO, Paris.
Around the world
Commemorative and educational activities are organized by UN information centres around the world.
Please note: schedules may be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Live Discussion Series
Beyond the Long Shadow: engaging with difficult histories
Co-organized by the UN outreach programmes on the transatlantic slave trade, the Holocaust and the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the aim of the collaborative series, launched 8 July 2020, is to develop a deeper understanding of the legacies of these painful histories – and through examining the past, consider how best to build a world that is just, where all can live in dignity and peace.
Click here to register for upcoming sessions and/or to view past sessions
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. EDT (New York time)
Side-Event of #Kwibuka28
Fighting Hate Speech: Global Perspectives
12:00 p.m. EDT (New York time)
Side-Event of #Kwibuka28
"Race" and Racism: Roots of Atrocity Crimes
Important Note
In response to COVID-19, and in the interests of the safety of staff and visitors, public programmes at United Nations Headquarters have been suspended until further notice. However, the public is invited to reflect on 7 April on one of the darkest chapters in human history when more than one million people – overwhelmingly Tutsi, but also moderate Hutu, Twa and others who opposed the genocide – were systematically killed in less than three months and to honour those who were murdered and reflect on the suffering of those who survived.
The public is also encouraged to join the UNHQ-New York virtual observance on 7 April on UN WebTV, featuring remarks by H.E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, and H.E. Mr. Abdulla Shahid, President of the Seventy-Sixth Session of the UN General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Claver Gatete, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Rwanda to the UN, H.E. Ms. Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the United Nations and Ms. Providence Umugwaneza, survivor of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda and a member of the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Commission, and to share UN social media cards along with their own messages of solidarity.
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