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Grace Mukagabiro

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Grace Mukagabiro

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…

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…

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 ..…

Diary of the UN World Summit: Part one

”The decisions made by world leaders at the UN World Summit this week in New York affect all of us and are a crucial chance for UN reform. As a survivor of the Rwandan genocide,…

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…

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…