Events
Film Screening
"Intore" ("The Chosen")
Tuesday, 28 June 2016
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Conference Room 4
United Nations Headquarters, New York
Watch the event and film trailer here
"Intore" offers a powerful and rare look at how Rwanda overcame its tragic past by regaining its identity through music, dance, and the resilience of a new generation. The film features musical and dance performances, interwoven with interviews with genocide survivors and perpetrators, Rwandan leaders, legends, and Hollywood elite. Produced by Rwanda Cinema Center and Park Hill Entertainment, in association with the Kwetu Film Institute and the Rwanda Media Project.
Programme
- Poetry by Jessica Gatoni, Rwandan student
- Opening remarks by Jeanne d'Arc Byaje, Deputy Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the UN
- Introductory remarks by Claudine Jolie Murenzi, Rwanda Cinema Center
- Film screening
- Q&A with the "Intore" co-producers Eric Kabera and Shirley Neal
- Poetry / dance performance by Angel Uwamahoro and Inès Giramata, Rwandan students
Annual Commemoration
Memorial Ceremony
Monday, 11 April 2016
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
General Assembly Hall
United Nations Headquarters, New York
Programme
Candle Lighting
Remarks by:
- H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General
- H.E. Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, President of the United Nations General Assembly
- H.E. Mr. Eugène-Richard Gasana, Minister of State in Charge of Cooperation and Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations
- Ms. Nelly Mukazayire, Deputy Director of the Cabinet in the Office of the President of Rwanda
- Ms. Frida Umuhoza, survivor and author of "Frida: Chosen to Die, Destined to Live"
- Mr. Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
Music by Pauletta Washington and the Mamazband
Moderated by Ms. Cristina Gallach, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information
Organized by the United Nations Department of Public Information, in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Rwanda to the United Nations
Watch the webcast of the event.
Participants light candles during the annual commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda (7 April).
Mogens Lykketoft, President of the General Assembly’s seventieth session, speaks at the annual commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda (7 April)
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the annual commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda (7 April).
Eugène-Richard Gasana, Minister of State in Charge of Cooperation and Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations, speaks at the annual commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda (7 April).
Frida Umuhoza, survivor and author of "Frida: Chosen to Die, Destined to Live", addresses the annual commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda (7 April).
Nelly Mukazayire, Deputy Director of the Cabinet in the Office of the President of Rwanda, addresses the annual commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda (7 April).
Malcolm I. Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, speaks at the annual commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda (7 April).
Cristina Gallach, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, moderates the annual commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda (7 April).
Commemorations around the world
Commemorations organized by UN information centres around the world included events in Bangladesh, the Republic of the Congo, Ghana, India, Iran, Italy, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Tanzania, and Zambia, among others.