This day is, therefore, both a time to honor the victims and survivors and to extract from this senseless slaughter the lessons that can still be learned to prevent genocides in the future.
Excellency, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission;
Excellency, Amb. Birtukan Ayano Dadi, State Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia;
Excellency, Dr. Monique Nsan-za-ba-gan-wa, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission;
Excellency, Hope Tumunkunde, Gasatura, Ambassador of Rwanda to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union;
Excellencies, African Union Commissioners here present;
This annual commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda aims to awaken greater awareness of the African peoples and the international community about the value of life and humanity and to renew our collective commitment to protect and uphold fundamental human rights.
World Tuberculosis Day: Statement by H.E. Amb. Minata Samate Cessouma - Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, African Union Commission
Excellence Monsieur Macky Sall, Président de la République du Sénégal, Président en exercice de l’Union africaine,
Excellences Mesdames, Messieurs les Chefs d’Etat et de Gouvernement,
Monsieur le Secrétaire général des Nations Unies,
Monsieur le Secrétaire général de la Ligue des États Arabes,
Monsieur Mohammad Shyayyeh, Premier ministre de l’Etat de Palestine,
Madame la Vice-Présidente de la Commission de l’Union africaine,
