USA - Outreach Programme on the Rwanda Genocide and the United Nations
http://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/rwanda/events.shtmlEvents
Commemoration at United Nations Headquarters in New York
Memorial Ceremony
Friday, 7 April 2017
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Trusteeship Council Chamber
United Nations Headquarters, New York
RSVP here by 4 April
Programme
Candle lighting
Minute of silence
Remarks by:
H.E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
H.E. Mr. Durga Prasad Bhattarai, Vice-President of the United Nations General Assembly
Testimony by Ms. Sonia Mugabo, survivor of the Rwanda genocide
Poetry performance by Ms. Malaika Uwamahoro, Artist and Rwandan student, Fordham University, New York
Mr. Carl Wilkens, Co-Founder and Director of World Outside My Shoes, former head of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International in Rwanda
Mrs. Linda Melvern, Journalist and author of "A People Betrayed. The Role of the West in Rwanda's Genocide"
H.E. Ms. Valentine Rugwabiza, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Rwanda to the United Nations
Moderated by Mr. Maher Nasser, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications
Organized by the United Nations Department of Public Information, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Rwanda to the United Nations
The event will be webcast live at webtv.un.org
Commemorations around the world
Commemorative and educational activities are being organized by UN information centres around the world, including in Dar es Salaam, Geneva, Lagos, Lusaka, Nairobi, Ouagadougou, Pretoria, and Tehran, among others.
Past events
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