Rwandans in China Mark 19th Commemoration of Genocide

{{On 8th April 2013, the Nineteenth commemoration of genocide against Tutsis was organized at the Embassy of Rwanda in Beijing and was attended by Ambassadors, Diplomats from different Countries accredited to China, Chinese officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Defense, representatives of Universities, Chinese from private sectors, and many other friends of Rwanda.}}

The ceremony started with one minute of silence to remember all genocide victims, followed by prayers by Pastor Shawn Powers, accompanied by Rwandan community in Beijing songs.

A short documentary on Immaculee Ilibagiza testimony was screened to put the audience fully in the context.

The Acting Dean of African Ambassadors H.E Ambassador Sikonina Victor, Ambassador of Madagascar delivered a speech calling for unity and reconciliation, urging all Diplomats to carry this lesson and teach the whole world that what happened in Rwanda should never happen again anywhere else. He wished Rwanda Peace, Prosperity and Justice.

In His speech H.E Ambassador Ngarambe thanked everyone for their continued support; he underscored the importance of drawing lessons from that unspeakable crime and stressed that “everyone should understand the necessity to fight all sources of poor governance, hatred, injustice and discrimination.

He affirmed that “lessons learnt must also help to prevent genocide from happening again anywhere in future, especially by analyzing and understanding the failure of the international community’s responsibility to protect endangered people, despite abundance of information on the preparation and the execution of genocide”.

The Ambassador called upon the international community, all well wishers, all friends of Rwanda to fight all genocide deniers because “forgetting or denying genocide is denying the humanity of the victims;

It’s assuring impunity to its planners and perpetrators, and it is making it possible for genocide to be repeated again and again.”

The ceremony was concluded with a movie “Sometimes in April”.

{H.E Ambassador Ngarambe}