Ambassador visit: The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

32 years ago the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda took place. In one of the worst crimes against humanity, more than a million people were slaughtered in just 100 days.

To commemorate and honour the victims of this crime, the Umeå Association of International affairs together with the UN student-association are honoured to invite you to an afternoon with the Rwandan ambassador to Sweden, Dr Diane Gashumba, the Swedish ombudsman for Equity Lars Arrhenius, as well as Rwandan scientists Dr. Vincent Rusanganwa and Josée Butera Akayezu. 

Agenda: 

15:00: Introduction and light of hope.

15:05: Welcome remarks by Jonathan Bodén, Vice-president of Umeå Association for International Affairs.

15:10: Responsibility and the fight against discrimination for better future with a presentation of his book Lejonmyran, by Mr. Lars Arrhenius, Swedish Ombudsman for Equity.

15:30: The Planning, execution, and denial of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi: A Call for Global Action. With Dr. Vincent Rusanganwa, Staff Scientist at Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University.

15:45: From survival to renewal: A personal testimony of healing and hope, with Josée Butera Akayezu, Co-author of Rwanda: The Country That Was Reborn.

15:55: Short video and leg stretching.

16:00: From ruin to renewal: Lessons learnt in rebuilding lives and the nation’s destroyed socio-economic fabric, with H.E Dr Diane Gashumba, the Ambassador of Rwanda in Sweden.

16:20: Q&A. Interaction with Audience.