The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has requested organizers of the Congolese musician’s concert in Paris on April 7 to postpone what the agency spokesman said in a new era, coinciding with the 1994 international day of reflection on the Tutsi people in Rwanda.
The organizers of the concert by Jim, a French and Congolese musician, offered to donate proceeds from the event to UNICEF in support of children in Congolese.
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However, the concert held at the Accor Arena in Paris will be sponsored by Skyrock FM under the promotional title “Solidarité Congo”, which has been linked to the denial of genocide, which could be an insult to genocide survivors against Tutsi.
“Another date was found for this charity concert,” Nidhi Joshi, chief of communications, advocacy and partnerships at UNICE FULWANDA, answered a new question on Wednesday, March 12th.
“If the date does not change, UNICEF has made it clear to organizers that they will not receive revenue from the concert.”
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Jim has also been accused of spreading anti-rwanda ratios and spreading hate speech against Tsuchi. His concert will take place in the context of new hate speech and persecution of the Tutsi people in the Congo. This is at the hands of a group of FDLRs linked to the genocide against Tutsi.
Joshi said the UN agency “strongly condemns all forms of denial and denial of genocide.”
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She added that UNICEF is not involved in the planning or logistics, including inviting the date, venue and related artists, rather than the concert organizer.
She explained that the French national committee has been in contact with event organizers and that the selected date coincides with the strict date of genocide’s memory, which killed more million people and urged them to reschedule it.
“The UN General Assembly was designated on April 7 as the day of international reflection on the 1994 genocide against Rwanda’s Tutchi. UNICEF recognizes the importance of this resolution,” she added.
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Joshi emphasized UNICEF’s firm stance on the genocide’s negativity.
“Such actions are deeply hurt and undermine the experiences and suffering of survivors and victims. We believe in promoting truth, justice and reconciliation, and we are firmly patience with activities that distort or harm historical facts,” she said.
She also emphasized that UNICEF is a non-political organization dedicated to the well-being of children and families, and adheres to humanitarian principles while defending peace and stability.
The French Rwandan community also asked the mayor of Paris to intervene to stop the concert.
“Postponing the event will allow those who wish to pay tribute to the victims of genocide committed against Tutsi without facing any additional emotional distress,” wrote Christophe Lenzaho, president of the French Rwandan community, in a letter to the mayor.
