1.   Conflicts in Rwanda, Burundi and Zaire remain unresolved, with the potential for new genocide in Africa.

2.   In September, the Rwandan parliament approved a new genocide law that was written with the help of international legal experts.

3.   The United Nations is not eager to keep setting up new tribunals to deal with new genocides, and a permanent court is needed to act as a deterrent.

4.   Former Prime Minister Faustin Twagiramungu, ousted last August, accused the Rwandan army last November of committing a new genocide.

5.   Former Prime Minister Faustin Twagiramungu, who was ousted last August, accused the Rwandan army last November of committing a new genocide.