World heritage site status welcomed at Kigali Genocide Memorial

UNESCO Secretary General Audrey Azoulay lays a wreath at the Kigali Genocide Memorial 5th September 2023

The Aegis Trust, which runs the Kigali Genocide Memorial at Gisozi on behalf of Rwanda’s Ministry of National Unity & Civic Engagement, has warmly welcomed designation of the Memorial as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee at its 45th session today, along with the genocide memorial sites at Nyamata, Murambi and Bisesero. […]