US, UK ruffle Kigali with claims UN resolution ‘not representative’
Pictures of victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi on display in Kigali. The US and UK statements are said to bare negationist undertones, intended to minimise the gravity of what happened. PHOTO | YASUYOSHI CHIBA | NMG
After the United Nations passed a resolution setting April 7 as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the US and the UK have raised concerns and sent their Positions of Explanations (PoE) to the UN over the words used in the text.
In statement dated April 20, the US says it is concerned that the changes made in the text narrow the focus of the resolution and fail to fully capture the magnitude of the violence that was committed against other groups.
