

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF REFLECTION ON THE 1994 GENOCIDE
AGAINST THE TUTSI IN RWANDA
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HYBRID COMMEMORATION
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Wednesday, 7 April 2021, Palais des Nations, Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room (Room XX) from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
Introduction by the Master of Ceremonies, Ms. Alessandra Vellucci, Director, United Nations Information Service
Lighting of candles
Observance of a minute of silence
Message of Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, read by Ms. Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, followed by the Director-General’s remarks
Remarks by Ms. Ghada Waly, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Remarks by Mr. César Murangira, President of the Association of Genocide survivors IBUKA, Memory and Justice (Swiss section)
Testimony by Mrs. Nadia Galinier, Survivor of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Reading of a poem by Ms. Sarah Burckhardt
Remarks by H.E. Mrs. Marie Chantal Rwakazina, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations Office and other international organizations at Geneva
End of the ceremony