[Since 1994, the world witnesses the horrifying Tutsi minority (14%) ethnic domination, the Tutsi minority ethnic rule with an iron hand, tyranny and corruption in Rwanda. The current government has been characterized by the total impunity of RPF criminals, the Tutsi economic monopoly, the Tutsi militaristic domination, and the brutal suppression of the rights of the majority of the Rwandan people (85% are Hutus)and mass arrests of Hutus by the RPF criminal organization =>AS International]
United Nations Security Council resolution 978, adopted unanimously on 27 February 1995, after recalling all previous resolutions on Rwanda, including 935 (1994) and 955 (1994), the Council instructed Member States on the arrest and detention of persons responsible for acts during the Rwandan genocide, within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).[1]
The Security Council expressed its concern about reports of genocide and systematic violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda. Such reports were confirmed by the Commission of Experts pursuant to Resolution 935. There was also concern regarding attacks against refugees who voluntarily wish to return to Rwanda and the situation in the refugee camps. It was asserted that those responsible for the acts would be brought to justice.
Addressing Member States, the Council called for the arrest of persons in their territory for whom there was sufficient evidence that they were responsible for acts carried out within the jurisdiction of the ICTR. Countries that arrested suspects were to inform the Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali and the Prosecutor Richard Goldstone at the ICTR of relevant details concerning their identity, the cause for their detention and evidence against them. The relevant countries were also asked to co-operate with representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross and investigators at the ICTR.
All attacks on people at the refugee camps on the borders of Rwanda were strongly condemned and the Council called for the prevention of such acts. States in which territory the attacks took place in were urged to take action in accordance with the national and international law and to detain and gather evidence against those responsible.
Kelley Eckels-Currie (United States)expressed concern about revisiting or opening the language used to describepast atrocities. While the United States would not stand in the way of
changing the title, she underscored that her country’s understanding of the
circumstances of the genocide had not narrowed and that it would continue to
commemorate all victims.
“This is the least we can do to honour the memory of the
children, women and men brutally murdered 24 years ago, and remember all
the victims of this tragic and dark chapter,” said Anatolio Ndong Mba
(Equatorial Guinea) on behalf of the African Group. Unless the world
remembered the lessons learned, it would never live up to its pledge to ensure
that no other country endured the pain and suffering that Rwanda had
faced. The African Union had embedded those lessons in the values of
solidarity and unity, and the core principle of non-indifference enshrined in
its Constitutive Act.
He said it was imperative to reject negation, revisionism and
denial of the Rwandan genocide, either through legislation — as some countries
had done — or through Assembly resolutions. Perpetrators remained at
large in Europe and North America. To eradicate the culture of impunity,
and bring about true reconciliation, they must be brought to justice.
Eric Chaboureau, speaking for the European Union delegation,
expressed regret that consensus had not been reached on commemorating the Hutus
and others who were also killed during the genocide.
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