SRES 151 United States Senate · 119th Congress

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should recognize the 1994 genocide in Rwanda as "the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda".

This resolution urges the U.S. government to formally recognize the 1994 Rwanda genocide using the specific term "genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda," which the Senate states is the accurate description supported by historical records and international consensus. It directs the Secretary of State to publicly adopt this terminology and acknowledges that other atrocities occurred during the same period, including violence against Hutu and Twa communities. As a non-binding resolution, it does not change U.S. policy but expresses the Senate's position on historical terminology. The bill cites international bodies, U.S. officials, and organizations like the Holocaust Museum as supporting this precise phrasing to prevent ambiguity or denial.
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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2097-2098)
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