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US SR151
Resolution
AI Summary
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U.S. should officially recognize the 1994 genocide in Rwanda as "the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda" to align with terminology adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2018
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Secretary of State should publicly affirm this terminology, as the U.S. is currently the only major country to publicly reject the phrase "genocide against the Tutsi"
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Resolution acknowledges that other atrocities occurred alongside the genocide, including killings and violence against Hutus and the Indigenous Twa community perpetrated by Hutu extremist militias
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Rwandan officials have noted that terminology not specifically using "genocide against the Tutsi" is ambiguous and conducive to genocide denial or revisionism
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Bipartisan resolution introduced by Senators Rounds and Coons and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations on April 1, 2025
Legislative Description
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should recognize the 1994 genocide in Rwanda as "the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda".
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2097-2098)
4/1/2025