Resolution 1050 (1994) on Rwanda and the prevention of humanitarian crises

i.asks the Government of Rwanda:

a.to guarantee the safety of the refugees who return to the country, to prevent any act of revenge against them and to take any necessary steps to restore confidence to the population;

b.to enter into national political discussions with a view to setting up a democratic and pluralist system of government, obtaining, if possible, the agreement of the different ethnic groups;

c.to encourage the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to continue to visit the places of detention of prisoners of war and police stations, and to allow international observers to visit other places of detention;

ii.appeals to the member states of the Council of Europe to use their influence within the United Nations Security Council with a view to:

a.setting up machinery making possible rapid and effective intervention by a United Nations force to prevent humanitarian crises;

b.setting up an international tribunal to try the perpetrators of the massacres and other crimes in Rwanda which violate international laws as defined in particular by the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the first additional Protocol of 1977;

c.revising the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide to make it possible for the perpetrators of genocide to be tried in countries other than those where they committed their crimes;

iii.invites the member states of the Council of Europe to contribute, financially and/or in kind, alone or through international organisations:

a.to humanitarian assistance for Rwandan refugees and displaced persons and to their return to their homes;

b.to the deployment of an adequate number of international human rights observers in Rwanda;

c.to the defusing of antipersonnel land mines;

d.to the setting up and operation of family reunification networks;

e.to the reconstruction of Rwanda;

iv.also invites the member states of the Council of Europe:

a.to ratify, if they have not yet done so, the 1980 United Nations Convention on Conventional Weapons, and to support revision of Protocol II thereto where it relates to antipersonnel land mines, particularly with a view to making it compulsory for such mines to be fitted with self-destruct mechanisms;

b.to use their influence to ensure that a regional conference on Central Africa is held as soon as possible;

v.asks the member states of the Council of Europe to limit the supply of arms to this part of the world and in every case to submit to an open registration system;

vi.asks the governments of countries which have camps for Rwandan refugees on their territory:

a.to ensure that the camps are fully demilitarised;

b.to suppress the propagation of violence and hatred among the refugees;

c.to ensure the circulation of, and access to, information in the camps;

d.to ensure safe access to the camps by representatives of the humanitarian organisations;

e.to promote respect for human rights.