International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda – 7 April 2011

On 23 December 2003, the General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/58/234, mandating on 7 April the observance of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda. That resolution “encourages Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant international organizations, as well as civil society organizations, to observe the Day, including special observances and activities in memory of the victims of the genocide”. The resolution also calls upon all States to act in accordance with the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide so as to ensure that there is no repetition of events of the kind that occurred in Rwanda in 1994.
UN Sponsor: Department of Public Information (DPI)
Activities: The decision to declare 7 April 2004 as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda stems from a recommendation made by the Executive Council of the African Union. In March 2003, the Council recommended that the United Nations and the international community proclaim, in commemoration of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, an international day of reflection and recommitment to the fight against genocide throughout the world.

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