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Secretary-General accepts report findings

    NAIROBI

    Kofi Annan, who commissioned the investigation, said he fully accepted the findings of the enquiry team, "including those which reflect on officials of the UN Secretariat, of whom I myself was one". He acknowledged the UN's failure in Rwanda and expressed his deep remorse. "Of all my aims as Secretary-General, there is none to which I feel more deeply committed
    than that of enabling the UN never again to fail in protecting a civilian population from genocide or mass slaughter," he added.

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