Grace Mukagabiro
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/ 16 September 2005

Diary of the UN World Summit: Part four

"This morning, I forgot it was my birthday until one of the Oxfam staff wished me a happy birthday. I never expected to be celebrating my 42nd birthday at the United Nations World Summit in New York," Wednesday was the opening day of the UN World Summit and the media here were flat-out covering speech after speech by world leaders.

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/ 16 September 2005

No real movement

"Police stand on every corner in New York and barricades line the streets. Security is so tight that it is hard to get to where we need to. The United Nations World Summit will bring together the heads of state and governments in the biggest conference of world leaders," writes Grace Mukagabiro, the Oxfam programme coordinator in Rwanda.

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/ 15 September 2005

Diary of the UN World Summit: Part three

”United States President George Bush and other world leaders have been speaking today, on the first day of the United Nations World Summit, about what the summit has achieved .. The presidents and prime ministers were ushered with police escorts while helicopters flew overhead,” writes Grace Mukagabiro.

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/ 13 September 2005

Diary of the UN World Summit: Part two

"As I walk through the skyscrapers lining the streets of New York City, I feel a very long way from my home in Rwanda and it is a bit surreal to be here. But I know that the decisions made here at the United Nations World Summit this week will have a huge impact on the people in my hometown," writes Grace Mukagabiro.

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/ 6 September 2005

We survived genocide

On May 8 1994, my husband was brutally murdered by armed militias in Rwanda. His parents, sisters, his uncles, aunts and cousins were also killed. My name was on a list to be killed the next day. At midnight I escaped, carrying my three small children and two others whose parents had also died.