This Senate resolution says the United States should call the 1994 genocide in Rwanda “the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.” It urges the Secretary of State to publicly use that wording. It also says accounts of the genocide should recognize other mass violence during the same period, including killings and violence against Hutus and the Indigenous Twa community by Hutu extremist militias.
The resolution expresses the Senate’s view and calls for public use of this terminology. It does not set out personal requirements for the public.
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The resolution cites international and U.S. sources that use the phrase “genocide against the Tutsi.” It states that specific wording can help avoid ambiguity and genocide denial or revisionism, while also recognizing other experiences of mass violence during that period.
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