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Annan agrees to genocide probe

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has accepted the priniciple of an independent investigation into his role in the events surrounding the Rwandan genocide. “I have no problem with the proposal. But we must also include the Security Council in the enquiry,” he told the Belgian daily ‘Le Soir’. Annan, on an official visit to Belgium, also met the families of Belgian peacekeepers killed at the beginning of the genocide. But he did not meet the relatives of the Rwandan genocide victims, Belgian RTBF radio reported yesterday.


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