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 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Letter from Rwanda to the UN President of the Security Council
The Government of the Rwandese Republic categorically rejects the reports of the presence of Rwandan troops in the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo contained in the aforementioned press release, and notes that it withdrew all its troops in October 2002, a withdrawal that was confirmed in the release issued by MONUC itself.
The Government of the Rwandese Republic notes that the procedure established by the signatories to the Lusaka peace accords (S/1999/815, annex) is that MONUC and the Joint Military Commission verify information provided to them by the signatories and report back.
The Government of the Rwandese Republic condemns any attempt to torpedo the commitments undertaken by the parties involved in the peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and reiterates that it is fully disposed to working towards peace in the subregion.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/b3e67b6bb54a01c9c1256cc3005524e6   (654 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: History of Rwanda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
After elections, the first Rwandese Republic was declared, with Grégoire Kayibanda as prime minister.
In a broad definition a republic is a state or country that is led by people who do not base their political power on any principle beyond the control of the people living in that state or country.
The war dragged on for almost two years until a cease-fire accord was signed July 12, 1992, in Arusha, Tanzania, fixing a timetable for an end to the fighting and political talks, leading to a peace accord and powersharing, and authorizing a neutral military observer group under the auspices of the Organization for African Unity.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Rwanda   (6890 words)

  
 Amnesty International Report 2002 - Africa - RWANDA
In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandese military and allied forces were responsible for the deaths of civilians; torture, including rape; ''disappearances''; and the systematic harassment of human rights defenders.
Rwandese troops thwarted incursions by armed opposition groups from the DRC into northwestern Rwanda between May and July, and there were skirmishes in southwestern Rwanda between September and December.
Rwandese prisons housed 10 times as many prisoners as they were designed to hold.
web.amnesty.org /web/ar2002.nsf/afr/rwanda!Open   (2013 words)

  
 Rwanda - Amnesty International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) confirmed the completed withdrawal of Rwandese troops on 4 October, which was verified by the Third Party Verification Mechanism on 24 October.
A Rwandese man arrested in the USA in December 2001 accused of genocide remained detained pending deportation at the end of 2002.
The Rwandese Patriotic army (RPA) and RCD-Goma continued to control large areas of the eastern DRC, in opposition to the DRC government and armed political groups which included Rwandese insurgents.
web.amnesty.org /report2003/Rwa-summary-eng   (2168 words)

  
 Rwanda. In: Amnesty International Report 2001
In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandese military and allied forces, as well as Rwandese armed groups opposing them, were responsible for massacres of civilians, torture, including rape, ''disappearances'' and the systematic harassment of human rights defenders.
Such abuses were often committed in response to attacks by Rwandese interahamwe and ex-FAR (former Rwandese government army) armed groups, or by the mayi-mayi Congolese armed group which opposes the RCD-Goma and the Rwandese presence in the DRC.
This was the first trial of a Rwandese genocide suspect in the national jurisdiction of a foreign country.
www.amnestyusa.org /countries/rwanda/document.do?id=E490E2498BEF00DC80256A16004BE967   (2045 words)

  
 Global Studies : McGraw-Hill Professional Books
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books.mcgraw-hill.com /getbook.php?isbn=0072847131   (1011 words)

  
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Rwandese Republic The Administration of the Rwandese Republic announces that the Ministry of Public Works, Transports and Communications has changed its name and is now called Ministry of Infrastructure.
Islamic Republic of Iran The Administration of the Islamic Republic of Iran announces that, as from 1 November 2002, the Directorate General for International Affairs is responsible for matters relating to the ITU.
Socialist Republic of Viet Nam The Administration of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam announces that the Ministry of Posts and Telematics is the successor in law of the Department General of Posts and Telecommunications (DGPT).
www.itu.int /members/notifications/2002/docs/1420-e.doc   (348 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities
The Republic of Rwanda, known as the "land of a thousand hills" is located just south of the equator in East-Central Africa.
At 26,340 square kilometers, it is slightly smaller than Maryland and borders Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Uganda.
The refugee flow to Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) soon became a humanitarian emergency and the international community responded with aid and assistance.
www.routledge-ny.com /ref/minorities/rwanda.html   (2618 words)

  
 Ndiaya Report on Rwanda - 11 Aug 1993
During his mission, the Special Rapporteur was received by the President of the Republic, the Prime minister and several members of the Government, and also met a large number of representatives of the Rwandese civilian and military authorities.
It may be noted that article 86 of the Constitution of the Rwandese Republic (Journal officiel of 10 June 1991) states that "the President of the Republic is the guarantor of the independence of the judiciary".
However, the joint statement of 7 April 1993 admits that "Concerning the Rwandese judicial system, it should be emphasized that it has enormous difficulties in functioning, as a result of inadequate human and material resources and interference by the political and administrative authorities".
www.preventgenocide.org /prevent/UNdocs/ndiaye1993.htm   (9258 words)

  
 Rwanda. In: Amnesty International Report 2003
The ICTR is now empowered to transfer those indicted to national courts for prosecution, to assign legal counsel to a case if it is in the interest of justice, and to accept written statements as well as oral testimony.
□ A Rwandese man arrested in the USA in December 2001 accused of genocide remained detained pending deportation at the end of 2002.
The Rwandese forces and their allies were responsible for arbitrary arrests, unlawful detentions, unlawful killings of civilians, "disappearances", and torture, including rape (see Democratic Republic of the Congo entry).
www.amnestyusa.org /countries/rwanda/document.do?id=57AB91BA5401BB1F80256D2400379406   (2293 words)

  
 GLOBAL STUDIES: Africa, Eleventh Edition
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www.dushkin.com /text-data/catalog/0073195359.mhtml?SECTION=TOC   (599 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Rwanda
Rwanda is a country in central Africa, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On the western slopes of this ridgeline, the land slopes abruptly toward Lake Kivu and the Ruzizi River valley, which form the western boundary with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and constitute part of the Great Rift Valley.
The eastern slopes are more moderate, with rolling hills extending across central uplands at gradually reducing altitudes, to the plains, swamps, and lakes of the eastern border region.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Rwanda   (595 words)

  
 Library - World Constitutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Constitution of the The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Constitution of the Republic of the Congo, 1992
religionanddemocracy.lib.virginia.edu /library/legaldocs/constitutions.html   (201 words)

  
 [Unesco] Rwanda Title XI to the end   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Under the commitments entered into by the Rwandese Republic in accordance with international conventions, works for which Rwanda is not the country of origin shall enjoy the protection afforded by this Law.
Article 22 of this Law and the provisions on the grant of translation licenses shall apply to works whose country of origin is the Rwandese Republic or any other country party to the international conventions to which the Rwandese Republic has acceded.
Article 23 and the provisions relating to the grant of reproduction licenses shall apply to works whose country of origin is the Rwandese Republic or any other country party to the international copyright conventions to which the Rwandese Republic has acceded.
www.unesco.org /culture/copy/copyright/rwanda/page2.html   (3889 words)

  
 AFRICA - Rwanda Country Close-Up
When Hutus emerged as the rulers of the new Republic of Rwanda -- only a few years after a brutal civil war between Hutus and Tutsis -- thousands of Tutsis fled, mostly to Burundi where Tutsis remained in power.
Rwanda is landlocked and bordered by Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Volcanic eruptions along the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo.
www.pbs.org /wnet/africa/explore/rainforest/countries/rwanda_print.html   (409 words)

  
 UNMEE
For the Democratic Republic of the Congo, they are satisfied with the resolution that has been voted by the Security Council because this resolution takes into consideration the Harare Agreement which a precondition for the cessation of hostilities as well as an effective implementation of the ceasefire.
Furthermore, Burundi is convinced that the agreement of 29 August 2000 is very important and that the new President of the Congo, President Joseph Kabila would act and have influence on the groups that are implementing violence and that are perpetrating deaths and killing children and women in Burundi.
The occupation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo territory is illegal.
www.un.org /News/dh/latest/gtlake.htm   (3354 words)

  
 Rwanda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Through a series of processes, including several reforms, the assassination of King Mutara III Charles in 1959 and the fleeing of the last Nyiginya clan monarch, King Kigeri V, to Uganda, the Hutu gradually gained more and more power until, upon Rwanda's independence in 1962, the Hutu held virtually all power.
In 1990, the Tutsi-dominated Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF) launched military attacks against the Hutu government of Rwanda from their base in Uganda.
This small country is located near the center of Africa, a few degrees south of the Equator.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/Rwanda.htm   (1110 words)

  
 Amnesty International 1998 Annual Report on Rwanda (the Rwandese Republic)
In August at least 130 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) were killed during an attack by members of an armed opposition group on Mudende camp, in Mutura, Gisenyi; the victims included young children who were killed as they slept.
Among them were around 97 former Rwandese soldiers forcibly returned from Gabon in August, who were held in military custody at an undisclosed location and denied access to humanitarian organizations.
Amnesty International repeatedly appealed to the Rwandese Government not to forcibly return refugees to Burundi where their lives would be at grave risk.
www.amnesty.org /ailib/aireport/ar98/afr47.htm   (2642 words)

  
 Rwanda
Rwanda, in east-central Africa, is surrounded by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi.
Although Tutsi rebels took control of the government, they permitted a Hutu, Pasteur Bizimungu, to serve as president, attempting to deflect accusations of a resurgence in Tutsi elitism and to foster national unity.
Rwanda continued fighting against the Democratic Republic of the Congo throughout its four-year civil war.
www.factmonster.com /ipa/A0107926.html   (1374 words)

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