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Friday, June 11, 2010

Linking financial aid to Rwanda to the human right records

Agaculama mu Ikibunda.

Dear friends of Truth and Justice for Rwanda, 
In order to think about lobbying our governments and non governmental organizations by linking financial aid to Rwanda and respect of human rights there, let us make a short review about the incredible high US and international financial aid to the State of Rwanda! This review is not exhaustive, the goal of my short study being to give a general idea of the item where we can actively act.

1/ The United States Government has provided over $1,034,000,000 billion (USD) in United States taxpayer-funded foreign assistance to Rwanda for the fiscal years 2000-2010 (10 years). That means approximately $ 103 million (USD) per fiscal year!! For the fiscal year 2011, this financial aid will be more than the double: $ 240 million (USD).

3/ Actual Money Change:
1 $ (USD) = 580.5 RWF  (Rwanda or Rwandese Francs)
1 € (EUR) = 699 RWF
1 $ (CAD) = 1.043 USD
1 EUR = 1.20 $ (USD)

4/ For the fiscal year 2009-2010, the Rwandan states financial expenses amounted 812,391,029, 798 RWF  = 1,399,467,751 USD (Source, Musoni, MINIFIN). That means practically that 17.15 % of the Rwandan state's financial expenses are covered by money coming from the pocket of the American taxpayers! It is a huge amount of money.

5/ For the fiscal years 2008-2013 (6 years), the European Union (EU) provided 300 millions € (EUR), representing 240 billion RWF (EU Amb, KGL). That means a yearly European Union aid of 60 millions USD. Practically, 3.57% of the Rwandan state's financial expenses are covered by money coming from the pocket of European taxpayers.

6/ For the fiscal year 2008-2009 (1 year), Canadian (CIDA) disbursements for projects and initiatives in Rwanda amounted  $ 24.85 million (CAD), that means 25.92 million USD. Practically, 3.10 % of the Rwandan state's financial expenses are covered by money coming from the pocket of European taxpayers.

7/ For the fiscal year 2003-2007 (5 years), Japan (APD) provided 216.84 million USD, that means 43.4 million USD per year.

8/ For the fiscal year 2007 (1 years), Germany provided 23 million EUR, that means 27.6 million USD per year. Practically, 1.97 % of the Rwandan state's financial expenses are covered by money coming from the pocket of German taxpayers.

9/ For the fiscal year 2007-2010 (4 years), Belgium provided 168 million USD to Rwanda, that means 42 million USD per year. Practically, 1.97 % of the Rwandan state's financial expenses are covered by money coming from the pocket of German taxpayers.

10/ Hereunder follows a table where the reader will look to the abovementioned detailed statistics of aid from USA, Canada, United Kingdom, European Union, Japan, Germany and Belgium.


NON EXHAUSTIVE SUMMARY OF EXTERNAL FINANCIAL AID TO RWANDA
COUNTRY / ORG         FINANCIAL YEARS          YEARLY FINANCIAL AID
USA                                   2011                                        240 million USD
CANADA                          2008-2009                          25.9 million USD
UNITED KINGDOM      2009-2010                          80 million USD
EUROPEAN UNION      2008-2013                          60 million USD
JAPAN                              2003-2007                          83.4 million USD
GERMANY                       2007                                     27.6 million USD
BELGIUM                         2007-2010                          42 million USD
GRAND YEARLY TOTAL FOR THESE SEVEN MAIN DONATORS: 560 million USD


10/ The Rwandan government recently recognized that foreign countries approximately give 500 million USD per year to Rwanda, approximately halve of which comes from North-American taxpayers. Everybody of us knows the high level of manipulation that exists in the mind of the actual Rwandan regime. The abovementioned table presents statistics for USA, Canada, United Kingdom, European Union, Japan, Germany and Belgium only, giving an approximate financial aid of 560 million USD from those countries and organizations like the European Union, representing approximately 40.02 % of all the Rwandan state's expenses!


Foreign Financial Aid to Rwanda Represents Actually More Than 560 Million USD Or Approximately 40 % of All Rwandan State's Expenses.


11/ Without external financial aid, Rwandan economy will quickly collapse. That's why all the free citizens in the world have the duty to make pressure on their governments and deciders in order to link financial aid to Rwanda to the respect of basic human rights principles. In the case of the presidential elections that have to occur soon in Rwanda, everybody has to point out the flagrant cases of human rights violations in this Central African Great Lakes country. Let us remind, among a huge amount of sad facts that occurred in Rwanda since October 1990, three recent highly exemplary facts of bad human rights records in this poor country, which is under the actual rule of General-Major Paul Kagame, "life RPF President ad interim of Rwanda":
·         kidnapping of Deo Mushayidi in Bujumbura/Burundi,
·         house arrest of Mrs Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza in Kigali/Rwanda and
·          illegal arrest of the American lawyer Peter Erlinder on basis of local folkloric accusations of "genocide denial" and "genocide ideology"

For example, the Human Rights Commission of the Commonwealth closely observes what will happen in Rwanda before, during, and after the 2010 summer presidential elections there. If the human rights records and the democratic principles are not respected by the Rwandan junta, it is highly probable that Rwanda will be expelled from the Commonwealth countries.

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