{"id":37450,"date":"2018-05-09T12:16:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T12:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/un-general-assembly-president-pays-tribute-to\/"},"modified":"2018-05-16T12:17:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T12:17:20","slug":"un-general-assembly-president-pays-tribute-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/un-general-assembly-president-pays-tribute-to\/","title":{"rendered":"UN General Assembly President pays tribute to victims of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miroslav Laj\u010d\u00e1k yesterday laid a wreath on mass graves containing the remains of more than 250,000 victims, and was given a tour through the different sections of the memorial explaining the history of divisionism in Rwanda, and the Genocide against the Tutsi and its consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Laj\u010d\u00e1k who is a Slovak diplomat and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, expressed his shock at what he learnt during his guided tour. He expressed his chagrin at what happened in Rwanda and at the UN\u2019s failure in preventing the Genocide. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very historic place that I wished to visit and pay my respects to those who lost their lives in the Genocide and to say once again that we failed the people of Rwanda and that it should never happen again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Miroslav Laj\u010d\u00e1k added that violent conflicts are on the rise in many parts of the world today due to political leaders who favor decisions that are more prone to lead to wars rather than solve disputes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish the World could learn faster. If some political leaders could be brought here, they would see themselves the consequences of irresponsible political actions,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>During a High-Level Meeting on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace that was held at the UN Headquarters earlier this year, Laj\u010d\u00e1k dedicated an article, titled \u201cA New Approach to Peace\u201d, to the meeting, where he noted that \u201cthe UN was founded for peace and that its success in preventing conflict should be the norm \u2013 not the exception\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Miroslav Laj\u010d\u00e1k is President of the 72nd sessions of the UN General Assembly since september 2017. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25118 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/miroslav_lajcak_ashyira_indabo_kumva_zishyinguyemo_abatutsi_bishwe_muri_jenoside-d2558.jpg\" alt=\"Miroslav Laj\u010d\u00e1k laid a wreath on mass graves containing the remains of more than 250,000 victims\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25117 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/miroslav_lajcak_yafashe_umunota_wo_kunamira_inzirakarengane_zishwe_muri_jenoside_yakorewe_abatutsi-0226f.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25116 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/we_n_itsinda_rimuherekeje_bateze_amatwi_ibyo_basobanurirwaga_ku_mateka_y_u_rwanda-0d1d4.jpg\" alt=\"He was given a tour through the different sections of the memorial explaining the history of divisionism in Rwanda, and the Genocide against the Tutsi and its consequences.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-25119 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/lajcak_yavuze_ko_asanga_hari_bamwe_mu_banyapolitiki_bagakwiye_kuzanwa_gusura_uwibutso_bakareba_ingaruka_zituruka_ku_bikorwa_bya_politiki_mbi-0d850.jpg\" alt=\"Miroslav Laj\u010d\u00e1k expressed his chagrin at what happened in Rwanda and at the UN\u2019s failure in preventing the Genocide. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the 72nd sessions of the UN General Assembly, Miroslav Lajcak, paid tribute to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi at the Kigali Genocide Memorial and encouraged World leaders to do the same and learn from what happened in Rwanda and make sure it never occurs again. 66<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-37450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37450\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37450"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=37450"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=37450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}