HRES 1171
Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda and joining people in Rwanda and around the world in remembering and mourning the victims of the genocide.
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This House Resolution recognizes the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, a horrific event where an estimated 800,000 people, primarily Tutsis, were killed over approximately 100 days in 1994. It expresses sorrow over the international community’s response, including the United States’ initial reluctance to fully acknowledge the event as genocide. The resolution also reaffirms the U.S.’s commitment to preventing genocide and pursuing justice for victims, building on its role as a founding member of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
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Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] Norton
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