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Today’s R&D covers genocide prevention. This year marks the twenty-year anniversary of the Rwandan genocide of 1994 and yesterday the United Nations offered an apology for not doing more to stop it. As ethnic violence continues to plague parts of the world today, international actors are openly discussing what steps can be taken to prevent future genocides.
Former U.N. official offers an apology for the Rwandan genocide, 20 years later http://t.co/kuYHgK5lnk
— TIME.com (@TIME) April 17, 2014
Atrocity Prevention Since the #Rwandan #Genocide via @CFR_org http://t.co/GMiLqwtZjX
— theHive on Conflict (@theHiveConflict) April 17, 2014
UN SC resolution to be adopted today focuses on #genocide prevention and accountability http://t.co/ec06EjDrgy #genprev
— End Genocide (@endgenocide) April 16, 2014
7 armed conflicts the world failed to stop, proving we learned little from the Rwanda genocide http://t.co/jS8RwvXOva pic.twitter.com/gD2P0T2erM
— GlobalPost (@GlobalPost) April 10, 2014
Ban Ki-moon warns of Rwandan genocide repeat in Central African Republic http://t.co/DdewHzsBdA
— MarkAnthony Williams (@mark27williams) April 17, 2014
RT if you agree, #genocide prevention is a global responsibility http://t.co/O9vK5tyewy
— UNOCHA (@UNOCHA) April 2, 2014
.@RwandaUN Amb. at UN genocide commemoration: “This act of remembrance must become a remembrance to act.” My remarks: http://t.co/w810loWrwC
— Samantha Power (@AmbassadorPower) April 17, 2014
20 years after the Rwandan genocide, David Turnley dug through his archives to find images of both atrocity and hope. http://t.co/BRbq4U3Op3
— NYT Photo (@nytimesphoto) April 17, 2014
5 successes in #genocide prevention in 2013: http://t.co/So9VsOYSH5
— GenocideIntervention (@antigenocide) December 31, 2013
Initially reported as spontaneous, #Rwanda‘s genocide was long planned, leaving 800,000+ dead: http://t.co/PmNNZD2apL via @MikePflanz
— CSMonitor.com (@csmonitor) April 15, 2014