UN Security Council
2014

Recalling that the General Assembly has, on 23 December 2003, designated the date of 7th April as “the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda”, Emphasizing the particular importance of all forms of education in order to prevent the commission of future genocides, 1. Calls upon States to recommit to prevent and fight against genocide, and other serious crimes under international law, reaffirms paragraphs 138 and 139 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document ( A/60/L.1) on the responsibility to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, and underscores the importance of taking into account lessons learned from the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, during which Hutu and others who opposed the genocide were also killed; 2. Condemns without reservation any denial of this Genocide, and urges Member States to develop educational programmes that will inculcate future generations with the lessons of the Genocide in order to help prevent future genocides; 3. Welcomes efforts by Member States to investigate and prosecute those