{"id":12468,"date":"2014-09-27T21:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T12:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shasegawa.com\/?p=12468"},"modified":"2016-12-23T14:47:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T05:47:07","slug":"rwanda-ambassador-murigande-explains-progress-made-in-20-years-after-the-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shasegawa.com\/ja\/archives\/12468","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda Ambassador Murigande Explains Progress Made in 20 Years after the Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>

<\/p>\n

\u3000Mr. Charles Murigande, Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda spoke at a seminar organized by the Japan Academic Association for International Peace Building held at Hosei University on September 27, 2014. In presenting his speech entitled “Rwanda 20 Years after the genocide”, Ambassador Murigande emphasized that Rwanda had been able to build one of the most stable and safest countries in Sub-Sahara Africa.<\/p>\n

\u3000During the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, up to one million people were killed and as many as 50,000 women were raped, leaving the whole nation traumatized. After the tragedy, Rwanda has been making the greatest effort to rebuild the country with the ultimate aim of all Rwandans once again living side by side in peace. Rwanda was once destroyed completely and fallen apart, but with all the efforts made by the Government of Rwanda and many countries including Japan, Rwanda once again regained sovereignty, peace and stability. Twenty years of transformation of Rwanda enabled significant economic and social progress. Nowadays Rwanda is regarded as one of the most stable and safest countries in Sub-Sahara Africa. There are many things we can learn from the 20 years after the genocide in Rwanda today.<\/p>\n

\u3000Following Ambassador Murigande’s presentation, almost all of seventeen participants joined in active discussion of such issues as the role of media during the 1994 genocide, reconciliation between Tutsi and Hutu after the genocide, retributive vs. restorative justice, truth telling and the Gacaca court system, the role of UN and the international community, return of and non-returning refugees, reconstruction and transformation of the Rwanda society. Ambassador Yoshitaka Hanada explained the post-conflict developments of Rwanda and Timor-Leste where he had just served for nearly three years. Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa synthesized some of the key issues discussed. <\/p>\n

\u3000The seminar program and a list of participants are as follows.\u3000<\/p>\n

(Mina Honda)<\/p>\n

********************************************************************************************
\nJapan Academic Association for International Peace Building 9th Seminar<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

[Date]<\/strong>
\n\u3000Saturday, 27 September 2014, 15:00-17:00<\/p>\n

[Venue]<\/strong>
\n\u3000Boissonade Tower Room 606, Ichigaya Campus, Hosei University<\/p>\n

[Theme]<\/strong>
\n\u3000Rwanda 20 Years after the genocide<\/p>\n

[Speaker]<\/strong>
\n\u3000His Excellency Mr. Charles Murigande
\n\u3000\u3000\u3000–Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of the Republic of Rwanda<\/p>\n

[Moderator]<\/strong>
\n\u3000Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa<\/p>\n

[Language]<\/strong>
\n\u3000English only<\/p>\n

[Programme]<\/strong>
\n\u300015:00\u3000\u3000Opening remarks by Professor Katsumi Ishizuka, Kyoei University
\n\u300015:05\u3000\u3000Introduction of the ambassador
\n\u300015:10\u3000\u3000Presentation by Ambassador Charles Murigande
\n\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000“Rwanda \u2013 20 years after the genocide”<\/em>
\n\u300015:50\u3000\u3000Comments by a panel of commentators to be decided (5 minutes each)
\n\u300016:15\u3000\u3000Open discussion
\n\u300016:50\u3000\u3000Concluding remarks by the moderator
\n\u300016:55\u3000\u3000Presentation of a gift
\n\u300017:00\u3000\u3000End of the seminar<\/p>\n

[Guest Speaker]<\/strong>
\n\u3000Ambassador Murigande was born in Butare, Rwanda on August 15, 1958.
\n\u3000\u3000–PhD in Mathematics from University of Namur, Belgium.
\n\u3000\u3000–Adviser to the President on Foreign Affairs (September 1994 to August 1995)
\n\u3000\u3000–Minister of Transport and Communications (September 1995 to March 1997)
\n\u3000\u3000–Rector of the National University of Rwanda (April 1997 to May 1998)
\n\u3000\u3000–Elected Secretary General of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) on February 15, 1998 and was reelected on December 23, 2002.
\n\u3000\u3000–Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation (November 2002 \u2013 March 2008)
\n\u3000\u3000–Minister of Cabinet Affairs (March 2008 \u2013 July 2008)
\n\u3000\u3000–Minister of Education (July, 2008 \u2013 May, 2011)
\n\u3000\u3000–Ambassador to Japan (May 6, 2011), Concurrently ambassador to Australia, New Zealand, The Philippines and Thailand<\/p>\n

\u3000During his short academic life, Murigande has published several papers in international peer-reviewed Scientific Journals.<\/p>\n

[Commentators (alphabetical order)]<\/strong>
\n\u3000 1.\u3000\u3000Associate Professor Miki Honda, Waseda University
\n\u3000 2.\u3000\u3000Professor Satoru Kurosawa, Kyoritsu Women\u2019s University, Former Deputy Director-General in charge of Peacebuilding, Public Policy Department of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Former Resident Representative of JICA Balkan Office
\n\u3000 3.\u3000\u3000Professor Takayuki Mizuno, Kanda University of International Studies. Former editorial writer and correspondent of the Asahi Shimbun based in Hanoi, Washington D.C. and New York.
\n\u3000 4.\u3000\u3000Mr. Yoshinobu Nagamine, International Peace Cooperation Headquarters Secretariat, Former Head of ICRC Tokyo Office
\n\u3000 5.\u3000\u3000Professor Masako Yonekawa, Rikkyo University, Former Head of UNHCR Office in Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/p>\n

[Participants (Japanese syllabary order)]<\/strong>
\n\u3000 1.\tAmano Fujiko (MOFA)\u3000–\u5929\u91ce\u5bcc\u58eb\u5b50 (\u5916\u52d9\u7701\u56fd\u969b\u7d4c\u6e08\u8ab2)
\n\u3000 2.\tHanada Yoshitaka\u3000–\u82b1\u7530\u5409\u9686 (\u524d \u99d0\u6771\u30c6\u30a3\u30e2\u30fc\u30eb\u5927\u4f7f)
\n\u3000 3.\tHasegawa Sukehiro (Hosei\/UNU)\u3000–\u9577\u8c37\u5ddd\u7950\u5f18 (\u6cd5\u653f\u30fb\u56fd\u9023\u5927\u5b66)
\n\u3000 4.\tHigashiyama Shintaro (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)\u3000–\u6771\u5c71\u614e\u592a\u90ce (\u6771\u4eac\u5916\u56fd\u8a9e\u5927\u5b66\u5927\u5b66\u9662)
\n\u3000 5.\tHonda Miki (Waseda University)\u3000–\u672c\u591a\u7f8e\u6a39 (\u65e9\u7a32\u7530\u5927\u5b66\u51c6\u6559\u6388)
\n\u3000 6.\tHonda Mina (Keio University)\u3000–\u672c\u7530\u7f8e\u5948 (\u6176\u61c9\u7fa9\u587e\u5927\u5b66)
\n\u3000 7.\tIshizuka Katsumi (Kyoei University)\u3000–\u77f3\u585a\u52dd\u7f8e (\u5171\u6804\u5927\u5b66\u6559\u6388)
\n\u3000 8.\tKumagai Naoko (International Univ.)\u3000–\u718a\u8c37\u5948\u7dd2\u5b50 (\u56fd\u969b\u5927\u5b66\u8b1b\u5e2b)
\n\u3000 9.\tKurosawa Satoru\t(Kyoritsu Women’s University)\u3000–\u9ed2\u6fa4\u5553 (\u5171\u7acb\u5973\u5b50\u5927\u5b66\u6559\u6388)
\n\u300010.\tMizuno Takaaki (Kanda University of International Studies)\u3000–\u6c34\u91ce\u5b5d\u662d (\u795e\u7530\u5916\u8a9e\u5927\u5b66\u6559\u6388)
\n\u300011.\tNagamine Yoshinobu (IPC Headquarters, Cabinet Office)\u3000–\u9577\u5dba\u7fa9\u5ba3 (\u56fd\u969b\u5e73\u548c\u5354\u529b\u672c\u90e8\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40)
\n\u300012.\tNakata Takanobu (Kyoei University)\u3000–\u4e2d\u7530\u5b5d\u4fe1 (\u5171\u6804\u5927\u5b66)
\n\u300013.\tNemoto Kaoru (Director, UNIC Tokyo)\u3000–\u6839\u672c\u304b\u304a\u308b (\u56fd\u9023\u5e83\u5831\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u6240\u9577)
\n\u300014.\tOkada Emi (University of Tokyo)\u3000–\u5ca1\u7530\u7d75\u7f8e (\u6771\u4eac\u5927\u5b66\u5927\u5b66\u9662)
\n\u300015.\tPratt Jason (Afghanistan Embassy)\u3000–\u30b8\u30a7\u30a4\u30bd\u30f3\u30fb\u30d7\u30e9\u30c3\u30c8 (\u30a2\u30d5\u30ac\u30cb\u30b9\u30bf\u30f3\u5927\u4f7f\u9928)
\n\u300016.\tTanaka Shiho (Rikkyo University)\u3000–\u7530\u4e2d\u5fd7\u6b69 (\u7acb\u6559\u5927\u5b66)
\n\u300017.\tYonekawa Masako (Rikkyo University)\u3000–\u7c73\u5ddd\u6b63\u5b50 (\u7acb\u6559\u5927\u5b66\u7279\u4efb\u51c6\u6559\u6388)<\/p>\n

********************************************************************************************<\/p>\n


\n