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infrastructures for peace as part of efforts to prevent mass atrocities. Council further urges
Member States to address all root causes of hate crimes and ideologies of genocide;
5.
Recognizes that, in the African traditional and cultural settings, most families keep various
types of household tools, including spears and machettes, for peaceful use. However, Council
deplores and strongly condemns the diversion of use of these household tools to commit
organized and systematic violence against particular sections of societies, including genocidal
acts;
6.
Stresses the importance of promoting civic awareness, consciousness and the culture of
peace as well as in preventing hate crimes and genocide. Council also stresses the need for
deepening democracy, participatory and inclusive governance which is premised on national
dialogue, consensus and, as much as possible, power sharing. In this context, Council re-affirms
the importance of working towards an equitable and inclusive socio-economic development, as
well as long-term structural transformation aimed at improving the livelihoods of the people;
7.
Welcomes the efforts by those Member States, which are investigating and prosecuting
individuals who were involved in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and calls upon
all the other Member States, which have not yet done so, to also investigate, arrest, prosecute
or extradite the genocide fugitives currently residing in their territories, including the leaders of
the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). In the same context, Council
condemns denial and distortion of facts relating to the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in
Rwanda;
8.
Acknowledges the important role that the media can play in efforts aimed at promoting
social cohesion and nation-building, as well as peace and stability in Member States and stresses
the need for responsible and balanced media reporting;
9.
Decides to convene, annually in April, a PSC open meeting on hate crimes and fighting
genocide ideology in Africa; and
10.
Decides to remain actively seized of the matter