Rwandan President Paul Kagame to lecture at Georgia State University
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and GoodWorks International were pleased to present a lecture with His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda.

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The lecture on "Beyond War and Genocide: Rwanda's Efforts at Reconstruction and Reconciliation" was followed by a conversation with the Honorable Andrew Young.

Paul Kagame returned to Rwanda in 1990 after thirty years in exile to lead the Rwandan Patriotic Army in the struggle for the liberation of Rwanda. Four years later, he was appointed Vice-President and Minister for Defence in the Government of National Unity. In 2003, Paul Kagame won a landslide victory in Rwanda's first ever democratically contested multiparty elections. That year, Kagame was awarded the 2003 Global Leadership Award by the Young Presidents Organisation (YPO). He received the award in recognition of his "commitment and tireless work to address crises, to foster understanding, unity, and peace to benefit all people." YPO considered his role in reconciling the Tutsi and the Hutu differences in Rwanda and in developing a peaceful solution to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a benchmark of great leadership, uncommon inspiration and remarkable achievement.

This event took place on September 16, 2005, at the Georgia State University Student Center Auditorium at 44 Courtland Street. This lecture was open and free to the public.