UN chief: 20 years after Rwanda, Syria shameful

Published February 27, 2014 11:36pm ET



UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that 20 years after the Rwanda genocide the international community’s collective failure to prevent atrocities in Syria is “a shameful indictment.

The U.N. chief also pointed to “grave and blatant” human rights violations in the Central African Republic.

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