The adoption by AU follows that of United Nations (AU) in January this year which reflected April 7th every year as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Previously, the UN’s 2003 resolution had been labeling the day as the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda.
According to Nduhungirehe, the African Heads of State and Government also adopted to change the appellation.
“Following the UN Security Council in April 2014, the African Union Peace and Security Council in April 2017, the UN General Assembly in January 2018, the AU Assembly Heads of State and Government has also decided to correct its terminology on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi,” Nduhungirehe said in a tweet.
The 19th resolution of AU Summit that took place on July 1st and 2nd underlined the importance of Preventing conflicts in Africa and re-affirmed the need to prevent the ideology of hate, genocide and hate crimes in Africa.
The Assembly endorsed the decision of the Peace and Security Council of its 761st session held on 5 April 2017 in Addis Ababa to designate 7th April of each year as the African Union day of Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
The Assembly further endorsed the decision of the same Peace and Security Council that corrected the nomenclature of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, to be “The 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda”.
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