A/RES/58/234 Convinced that exposing and holding the perpetrators, including their accomplices, accountable, as well as restoring the dignity of victims through acknowledgement and commemoration of their suffering, would guide societies in the prevention of future violations, Taking note of the recommendation of the Executive Council of the African Union, at its second ordinary session, held in N’Djamena from 3 to 6 March 2003, that the United Nations and the international community proclaim, in commemoration of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, an international day of reflection and recommitment to the fight against genocide throughout the world, 4 Recognizing that April 2004 is the tenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, 1. Decides to designate 7 April 2004 as the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda; 2. Encourages all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant international organizations, as well as civil society organizations, to observe the International Day, including special observances and activities in memory of the victims of the genocide in Rwanda; Encourages all Member States, organizations of the United Nations 3. system and other relevant international organizations to consider promoting implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Independent Inquiry into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda;3 4. Calls upon all States to act in accordance with the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide so as to ensure that there is no repetition of events of the kind that occurred in Rwanda in 1994. 78th plenary meeting 23 December 2003 _______________ 4 2 A/57/775, annex, decision EX.CL/Dec.16 (II).