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at Geneva and its mid-term review, and urges States and donor agencies to
fulfil their earlier commitments;
18.
Condemns all violence and intimidation against persons in the
refugee camps in neighbouring countries, calls upon the appropriate
authorities to ensure security in such camps, and welcomes the commitments
undertaken by the Governments in the region in the Cairo Declaration on the
Great Lakes Region;
19.
Welcomes the joint efforts of the Government of Rwanda,
neighbouring countries and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
to assist the voluntary and safe return of refugees through, inter alia, the
work of the Tripartite Commission and the agreements reached at Nairobi in
January 1995, Bujumbura in February 1995 and Cairo in November 1995, and
welcomes also the efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United
Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda and the United Nations Development
Programme to coordinate their efforts to ensure protection of the human rights
of refugees during their return, resettlement and reintegration;
20.
Also welcomes the measures taken by the United Nations High
Commissioner for Human Rights, working in cooperation with and assisting the
Government of Rwanda, to put in place the Human Rights Field Operation in
Rwanda, which has as its objective:
(a)
The investigation of violations of human rights and humanitarian
law, including acts of genocide and crimes against humanity;
(b)
The monitoring of the human rights situation and the prevention of
future violations;
(c)
Cooperation with other international agencies in re-establishing
confidence and thus facilitating the voluntary return and resettlement of
refugees and displaced persons;
The rebuilding of civil society, through programmes of human
(d)
rights education and technical cooperation, particularly in the areas of the
administration of justice and conditions of arrest, detention and treatment in
detention, and through programmes of cooperation with Rwandan human rights
organizations;
and requests the High Commissioner to report regularly on all of these
activities of the Field Operation and to cooperate and share information with
the Special Rapporteur in order to assist him in fulfilling his mandate;
21.
Further welcomes the cooperation the
extended to the United Nations High Commissioner
Rights Field Operation in Rwanda and the Special
by the Government of Rwanda of the deployment of
throughout the country;
Government of Rwanda has
for Human Rights, the Human
Rapporteur and the acceptance
human rights field officers
22.
Requests the Secretary-General to take appropriate steps to ensure
adequate financial and human resources and logistical support for the Human
Rights Field Operation in Rwanda, taking into account the need to deploy a
sufficient number of human rights field officers and the need for programmes
of technical assistance and advisory services for the Government of Rwanda and
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