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THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                           (Moscow, Russia)
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For Immediate Release                                  September 3, 1998

STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY

Rwanda Tribunal Verdict

The United States welcomes the landmark decision of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in the trial of Jean-Paul Akayesu for the crime of genocide. We hope for further quick and transparent progress in the cases before the ICTR and Rwanda's domestic genocide courts. Reconciliation, security, and regional development will take hold in the Great Lakes region only when the cycle of violence has been broken and accountability established.

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