Secondly, we must as an international community have the ability toact when genocide threatens. We are working to create that capacity herein the Great Lakes region, where the memory is still fresh. This afternoonin Entebbe leaders from central and eastern Africa will meet with me tolaunch an effort to build a coalition to prevent genocide in this region. I thank the leaders who have stepped forward to make this commitment. Wehope the effort can be a model for all the world, because our sacred taskis to work to banish this greatest crime against humanity.
Events here show how urgent the work is.
In the northwest part ofyour country, attacks by those responsible for the slaughter in 1994continue today. We must work as partners with Rwanda to end this violenceand allow your people to go on rebuilding your lives and your nation. Third, we must work now to remedy the consequences of genocide. TheUnited States has provided assistance to Rwanda to settle the uprooted andrestart its economy, but we must do more. I am pleased that America willbecome the first nation to contribute to the new Genocide Survivors Fund.