COMMEMORATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF REFLECTION ON THE 1994 GENOCIDE AGAINST THE TUTSI IN RWANDA

Thursday 13 April 2023

2.00-2.45 p.m. | Place des Nations
Wreath laying at the Memorial Stele by:

• Ms. Marie Chantal Rwakazina, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva.
• Ms. Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service in Geneva.
• Mr. César Murangira, President of Ibuka Memory and Justice (Swiss Section).
• Mr. Yves Cyaka, President of Rwandan Diaspora in Switzerland.

3.00 p.m. |  Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room (Room XX),  Palais des Nations
Commemoration ceremony                                                                      

• Introduction by the Master of Ceremonies, Ms. Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service.
• Lighting of candles
• Observance of a minute of silence
• Memorial Song by Ms. Shanel Nirere and guitarist Mr. Wade Alune
• Message of Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, read by Ms. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva, followed by the Director-General’s remarks
• Remarks by Mr. César Murangira, President of the Association of Genocide survivors IBUKA, Memory and Justice (Swiss section)
• Poetry reading by Mr. Albert Mukwiye
• Testimony by Ms. Providence Umugwaneza, Survivor of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
• Memorial Song by Ms. Shanel Nirere and guitarist Mr. Wade Alune
• Remarks by H.E. Ms. Marie Chantal Rwakazina
  Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations Office and other international organizations at Geneva

5:00 p.m.
End of the ceremony                    

Watch at https://media.un.org/en/webtv