Assistance to Survivors of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, Particularly Orphans, Widows and Victims of Sexual Violence

A/RES/64/226View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 71 Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly, orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence, published in 2010.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2005–2014

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/68/129

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2014	A/RES/68/129	Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence	938	85%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/228	Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence	805	74%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/226	Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence	740	92%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/96	Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence	683	50%Compare
2006	A/RES/60/225	Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence	651	37%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

5 reports · 2007–2015

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2015	A/70/611	Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/68/129
2013	A/68/497	Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/228
2011	A/66/331	Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/226
2009	A/64/313	Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/62/96
2007	A/62/310	Humanitarian assistance and rehabilitation for selected countries and regions report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/60/225

What subjects does this mandate have?

18 subjects

Aid Programmes Archives Capacity Building Crime Victims Educational Programmes Gender-Based Violence Genocide Humanitarian Assistance Judicial System Medical Treatment Microcredit Orphans Post-Conflict Reconstruction Rehabilitation Rwanda Rwanda Situation Training Programmes Witnesses

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Requests the Secretary-General to continue to encourage the relevant agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system to implement resolution 59/137 expeditiously, inter alia, by providing assistance in the areas of education for orphans, medical care and treatment for victims of sexual violence, including HIV-positive victims, trauma and psychological counselling, and skills training and microcredit programmes aimed at promoting self-sufficiency and alleviating poverty;

Calls upon Member States and the United Nations system to urgently implement the conclusions and recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General;4

Requests the Secretary-General to continue the activities of the programme of outreach entitled “The Rwanda Genocide and the United Nations” aimed at Rwanda genocide victim remembrance and education, in order to help to prevent future acts of genocide;

Notes the importance of residual issues, including witness protection and victim support, the archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and judicial issues and capacity-building for the Rwandan judiciary, and underlines the need for increased and sustained attention to these issues;

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Government of Rwanda, to encourage the relevant agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system to take appropriate steps to support, in particular, efforts to enhance judicial capacity-building and victim support in Rwanda;

Also requests the Secretary-General, in view of the critical situation of the survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda completion strategy, to take all necessary and practicable measures for the implementation of the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly, at its sixty-sixth session, with concrete recommendations on support for survivors of the Rwandan genocide of 1994;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session the item entitled “Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence”.

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