Start Date: Monday, August 10, 2009
Last Modified: Tuesday, May 5, 2020
End Date: Friday, December 31, 9999
Excerpt from AP video of Secretary Clinton remarks after touring Refugee Camp.
SECRETARY CLINTON: I have just come from a meeting with two survivors of sexual attacks. The atrocities that these women have suffered, which stand for the atrocities that so many have suffered. The United States condemns these attacks and all those who commit them and abet them. And we state to the world that those who attack civilian populations using systematic rape are guilty of crimes against humanity."
SECRETARY CLINTON: And today I am announcing that we will provide more than 17 million dollars in new funding to prevent and respond to gender and sexual violence in the DRC.
SECRETARY CLINTON: "I made the point that these crimes, no matter who commits them, must be prosecuted and punished. That is particularly important when those who commit such acts are in positions of authority, including members of the Congolese military.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Secretary Clinton Tours Refugee Camp
08/11/09