STATEMENT BY H.E. MOUSSA FAKI MAHAMAT, CHAIRPERSON OF THE

Jainaba Jagne, PR of The Gambia to the AU and Chairperson of the PSC for the month of April • Excellences, Ambassadors of the AU Member States, and Members of the Permanent Representatives Committee; • Excellencies, Commissioners of the African Union Commission; • Excellencies, Members of the Diplomatic Corps; • Excellences, Representatives of the UN Agencies, International and Regional Organizati. [...] For the past three decades, the annual commemoration of the horrendous genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda continues to provide us the needed opportunity as Africans, and indeed all humanity, to reaffirm our collective resolve to continue efforts in preventing genocide and the fight against ideology of hate speech and impunity with a determination to ensuring that never again shall any part of th. [...] Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, specially commend the Government and the People of the Republic of Rwanda for their uncommon determination and unwavering commitment to rise above the ashes of those sad days by strategically embarking on critical conflict transformation to re-build one of the most promising, stable and fastest growing societies on the continent. [...] In the spirit of unity, we wish to recommit ourselves fully to ensure that never again will genocide and other related crimes take place on our continent, in conformity with the provisions of the Constitutive Act of the African Union and the Agenda 2063. [...] Born in the era of the internet, and armed with both the knowledge of information and communication technology, and access to an unquantifiable amount of daily information, these ones are even more vulnerable to being used for the propagation of hate speech, genocide ideologies, and intolerance.