United Nations General Assembly A/RES/58/234 Distr.: General 23 February 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 39 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2003 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/58/L.55 and Add.1)] 58/234. International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda The General Assembly, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 Recalling its resolution 260 A (III) of 9 December 1948, by which it adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, as well as its resolution 53/43 of 2 December 1998, entitled “Fiftieth anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide”, and its other resolutions relevant to the issue of genocide, Recalling also the findings and recommendations of the Independent Inquiry commissioned by the Secretary-General, with the approval of the Security Council, 2 into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, 3 Recalling further Security Council resolution 955 (1994) of 8 November 1994 on the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994, Recalling the report containing the findings and recommendations of the International Panel of Eminent Personalities commissioned by the former Organization of African Unity to investigate the genocide in Rwanda and the surrounding events, entitled “Rwanda: The Preventable Genocide”, Noting with concern that many alleged perpetrators of genocide continue to elude justice, Recognizing the importance of combating impunity for all violations that constitute the crime of genocide, _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). See S/1999/340. 3 See S/1999/1257, annex. 2 03 50856