THE AFRICAN UNION COMMEMORATE THE 12 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RWANDA GENOCIDE

ADDIS ABABA, 3 rd April 2006.

The African Union Commission will be organizing on Friday, April 7 2006, starting from 10 a.m. in the morning, at the Headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, a ceremony to commemorate the 12 th Anniversary of the Rwanda Genocide.

The ceremony which will be chaired by Mrs. Julia Dolly Joiner, Commissioner for Polical Affairs, has included in her programme of communications on “the social impact and the lessons learnt from genocide”, presented by a representant of the society civil of Rwanda and “the criminalizing and penalizing genocide – the experience of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (Representative of the Tribunal) and the GACACA Court (Representative of the GACACA Court).

The programme contains, also, the diffusion of documentary on the Genocide.

The programme of the commemoration day is herewith enclosed.

PROGRAM FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE 12 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RWANDA GENOCIDE

10:00 am Staff and Invited Guests congregate in Conference Room – Plenary Hall

10:10 am Remarks by the Director for Political Affairs, Ambassador, Emile OGNIMBA,

10:05 am

Prayers by Representative of the Catholic Community

Prayers by Representative of the Orthodox Community

Prayers by Representative of the Muslim Community

Prayers by Representative of the Protestant Community

10:15 am Opening remarks by H.E. Mrs. Julia Dolly Joiner, Commissioner for Political Affairs, AUC

10:25 am Documentary Film

10:50 am Presentations

I. Social impact and lessons learnt from the Genocide (CSO member from Rwanda)

II. Criminalizing and penalizing genocide, the experience of:

•  the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (Representative of the ICTR)

•  the GACACA Court (Representative of the GACACA Court)

11: 35 am Discussions

12:00 noon Vote-of-thanks by the Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda

12:10 pm Observation of one-minute silence