For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.
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But definitely, when a decision is taken, or when you are trying to oppose a decision, you are in a weaker position than the member states, because they know more about the situation than you. We gave information, but they never gave us any information.
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But at the beginning, our definition of the genocide was what happened to Armenia in 1917 or 1919, it's happened to the Jew in Europe, and we were not realizing - In our point of view, they have not the tools to do a genocide.
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So this is why I'm always say happy that somebody mentions Rwanda, because behind Rwanda, we have Africa.
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