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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
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Mr. Peter D. Eicher
Consellor
Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations
11, route de Pregny
1292 CliA141BESY
3 May 1994
Dear Mr. Eicher,
• an making, yau hees.:th a
tt,,P; Service issued on 4 May by Amnesty International in which
the orgariation calls for an urge= UN Commission on Human Rights reaction to the human rights
crisis in both Burn c5 and Rwanda.
Given the appilir.g let/ and persistence of human rights violations in Rwanda and the
impending dungy. of a &rJtn deterioration
in Burundi, which go unchecked as the international
curannutty pishe)- loots en as the mawacres continue, Mugs& International is urgently calling felt
1.
taijoi,nt...wri‘sautkag m rskrant working group and special rappottetus, of the
Commission on Human Rights to both Rwanda and Burundi
2.
the holding, without delay, olio special session of the Conmussion on
Hams Rights
to take 49f1rntale action, and in particular to follow up on the recommendations
of
the paint minion
The attached nen service detulsipspossepacitete steps that could be taken by the Commission
oc Human Rights in this cor•at
Amnesty Interntiona! strongly hopes that UN Members States such as yours will Eve up to
their resportilliiiities and will seize die opportunity open to loll of them to call for a special session of
the Conunistian on Human Rights, z podded for in ECOSOC Decision 1993/286: this exceptional
option is swath% designed for such exceptional human rights crisis as in Rwanda/Burundi and cannot
crairirrilvd in 11-4, wont kir nrrwtp litymures to stop further rmuttserct
and widespread torture.
I look forward to receiving any comments and reactions you may have to this proposal and
would very much welcome the ofportunity to discuss them with you or someone from your staff
C r
eity and resixttfufly,
Scherer
UNITED STATES DEPARTMEKIPCMVI Regitsentative to the UN
REVIEW AUTHORITY: THEODORE SELLIN
UNCLASSIFIED
DATE/CASE ID: 10 OCT 2002 200000294
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