United Nations General Assembly A/RES/60/225 Distr.: General 22 March 2006 Sixtieth session Agenda item 73 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2005 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/60/L.34 and Add.1)] 60/225. Assistance to survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, particularly orphans, widows and victims of sexual violence The General Assembly, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1 Recalling the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 2 particularly its recognition that all individuals, in particular vulnerable people, are entitled to freedom from fear and freedom from want, with an equal opportunity to enjoy all their rights and fully develop their human potential, Recalling also its resolution 59/137 of 10 December 2004, in which it requested the Secretary-General to encourage relevant agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system to continue to work with the Government of Rwanda to develop and implement programmes aimed at supporting vulnerable groups that continue to suffer from the effects of the 1994 genocide, Recalling further the findings and recommendations of the independent inquiry commissioned by the Secretary-General, with the approval of the Security Council, into the actions of the United Nations during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, 3 Recalling the report containing the findings and recommendations of the International Panel of Eminent Personalities commissioned by the Organization of African Unity to investigate the genocide in Rwanda and the surrounding events, entitled “Rwanda: The Preventable Genocide”, Recalling also its resolution 58/234 of 23 December 2003, by which it declared 7 April 2004 the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda, _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). See resolution 60/1. 3 See S/1999/1257. 2 05-50110