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UNITED STATES MISSION GENE'S CH
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NO.650 P032
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RELEASED IN FULL
PUSS STATEMENT BY THE UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
JOSE AYALA LASSO
(4.5.1994)
1. The violence unleashed in Rwanda since 6 April 1994 has shocked the world: many thousands of innocent civilians have suffered violations of their most basic human rights. Large numbers of children, women and elderly persons were among those killed, wounded, deprived of their belongings or forced to leave their homes. They have become victims of a crisis that has degenerated into a human rights disaster described by many of those who witness it as a genocide.
2. The High Commissioner has been following the situation in Rwanda with
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increasingconcern and requested information at the ton and suggestions for anion
from a wide unto of UN Agencies, 7roganittes, Specialism:new of the Ca mmission
on Harrah Rights, Cbainnet of sat=rights Treztpbased bodies, the OAU, the African
Cnission on Human and Peoples Tights, the ICRC and nots ►einmentil
aganizatiass.
The High Gotrissioner she: consultaticna with the Secretnyzeneral has decided
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to undertake personalty a missies to 'Rwandais the twat few days. He will also visit
Burundi in order to continue to dies UN support and assistance in the fold of human
tights
Given the est-erne gravity of the situation the High Cats Embalmer has decided
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on
to tan the members dthe Conanission on Human Tights to consider the advisability
Edits is ensagency session to drat with the
of onsming the Commission on H1
In= tights situation its Rwanda.
In ads to enable the Mt Camissioter to be infaxoed continuously of the
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evolution of the situation and to manic beim take action which would help consobdate
!nem towards ending violates of human rights and restating 'pease, the FHB
Commissioner is expiating the possibility of establishing a human rights preset= in the
area through the sending of human rigits moans to ealleet infeeeetheet and suggest
act= yawner necessary.
The High Coantissicte expresses his concern shout the human tights aims
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of raves and urges the kuernatiotall comnamity to provide generous assistance to
those Stases in the region which bast large =abets of reruines from Rwanda so as to
esse their burden.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: THEODORE SELLIN
DATE/CASE ID: 10 OCT 2002 200000294
UNCLASSIFIED
