Annual Commemoration of International Day of Reflection on Genocide in Rwanda

Annual commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (A/RES/58/234 and A/72/L.31)

(co-organized by the United Nations Department of Global Communications and the Permanent Mission of Rwanda)

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Side Events
• Video Length: 01:04:26
• Production Date: 12 April 2019
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
• Personal Subject: ALISON SMALE; ANTONIO GUTERRES; MARIA F. ESPINOSA GARCES; PAUL KAGAME
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS - DGC
• Subject Topical: COMMEMORATION; CONCERTS; GENOCIDE; MEMORIAL SERVICES
• Geographic Subject: RWANDA
• MAMS Id: 2379811
• Parent Id: 2379531

Description

2019 marks the 25th Anniversary of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

The Annual commemoration took place in the presence of the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly and the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Rwanda to the United Nations.

The Commemoration included testimonies by survivors of the genocide. It also included candle lighting and musical elements by the UN orchestra from the UN Chamber Music Society.