Decision on the Report of the Chairperson on the Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of Rwandan Genocide

DECISION ON THE REPORT OF THE CHAIRPERSON ON THE
COMMEMORATION OF THE 10^th ANNIVERSARY
OF RWANDAN GENOCIDE

DOC.EX.CL (107 (V)

The Executive Council:

1. TAKES NOTE of the Report;

2. RECALLS the Protocol on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

3. RECALLS the report containing the findings and recommendations of the International Panel of Eminent Personalities (IPEP) commissioned by the Organization of African Unity to investigate the genocide in Rwanda and the surrounding events, entitled, “Rwanda; the Preventable Genocide”;

4. ALSO RECALLS the findings and recommendations of the independent inquiry commissioned by the Secretary General, with the approval of the Security Council, into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda (the Carlsson report);

5. FURTHER RECALLS the Permanent Representatives Committee Declaration of 7 April 2004 on the genocide;

6. RECOGNIZES the numerous difficulties faced by survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly the orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence, and convinced of the necessity to restore the dignity of the survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda;

7. COMMENDS the efforts of the government and people of Rwanda to provide support to the survivors especially the allocation of 5% of the national budget every year to support genocide survivors;

8. REQUESTS the African Union and the United Nations to implement the recommendations contained in the reports of the IPEP and Carlsson respectively;

9. APPEALS to the International Community to provide assistance to the survivors of the genocide.