UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres advocated a “united fight against all forms of hatred and discrimination” in memory of the Rwandan genocide, which killed an estimated 800,000 people during one hundred days of extermination of Tutsis and moderate Hutu.

“Let us ensure that the events that began on April 7, 1994, never forget and never repeat. Nowhere,” he said, noting that “We will never forget the victims of this genocide” nor “the bravery and resilience of those who survived, whose courage and willingness to forgive remain a ray of light and hope in the midst of this dark chapter of human history.”

On this occasion, the UN head recalled that Hatred is the “rancid root of genocide”: “We can draw a straight line between the senseless murder of a million Tutsis – as well as some Hutus and other opponents of the genocide – and the decades of hate speech that preceded it, fueled by ethnic tensions and the long shadow of colonialism. “

“Today all over the world humanity’s darkest impulses are awakened again by the voices of extremism, division and hatred. To those who seek to divide us, we must send a clear, unequivocal and urgent message: never again,” he said.

Likewise, Guterres lamented that “on that day in 1994,” when a million children, women and men “were killed by their fellow Rwandansfamilies turned against other families, friends became enemies, and a dark spirit of deliberate and brutal violence took possession of the nation.”

A devastating report by the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW), published in 1999. extended part of the responsibility for the massacre to both UN employeesas well as three foreign governments primarily involved in Rwanda.

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To the first: “for failure to provide adequate information and advice members of the Security Council”; to BelgiumTo “hastily withdraw your troops and for supporting the complete withdrawal of UN forces”; To USA “for putting saving money above saving lives and for stopping the dispatch of relief forces”; already France, “for continued support government involved in genocide.”

(Europe Press)