Ban Ki-moon fulfils pledge of $10,000 to assist survivors in Rwanda

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon yesterday fulfilled his promise to provide a donation of $10,000 for survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

Mr. Ban handed a check in that amount, from the Secretary-General’s Trust Fund for Special Projects, to Rwandan Ambassador Joseph Nsengimana in New York.

During a trip to the tiny African country in January, Secretary-General made the pledge to the “Fonds d’Assistance aux rescapés du genocide,” a fund set up by the Government to assist the survivors and help in the education of hundreds of orphans.

On 29 January, after touring the genocide memorial in Kigali, Mr. Ban called for an “end to impunity that can ensure that our cry of ‘never again’ will become an enduring reality, not only for Rwanda, but for our common humanity.”

He reiterated his commitment yesterday to the survivors and to the orphans he met during the trip. “The United Nations will never forget,” he said.