"Children are pillars of the country’s future and they need inspiration. The Government commits to put more efforts to ensure the protection of all children. The more we work together to protect our children, the faster the country develops ."

"WHAT WE SOW IN OUR CHILDREN AS A FAMILY IS WHAT WE REAP AS A NATION"

"If anything, this pandemic has demonstrated that complacence is never a good thing. As Rwanda Parliament, and the country as whole, which we have witnessed in the past 27 years since the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, the world community has to be ready to change and adapt."

"The prevailing situation of women across the continent includes economic exclusion, low level of representation in decision-making organs; sexual and gender based violence, poor access to justice, school dropouts, cultural norms, among others."

"It means that our issues, whether diplomatic, political or economic are going to be permanently represented and can be discussed at any time we want ... it is not symbolic, we think it is fundamental"

"The joint military operation was very crucial because once we realised that we have a common enemy, I think that was the departure point ... (for) cooperating in other sectors"

"We are cooperating on energy extraction and production, we think we can cooperate on agriculture, we can cooperate on financial services"

"We believe in today's world the more successful and the more prosperous China is naturally a more prosperous world"

"People cannot be allowed to just say oh, this is just another African country. Genocide is not just a crime against Rwanda, it is a crime against humanity and as such it should not just be about Rwanda fighting this battle alone"

"With Africa, European leaders are willing to talk about Darfur and Zimbabwe, but not, it seems, about Rwanda. European leaders need to be asked what they are going to do about this report as Africa's problems are not just Mugabe and Zimbabwe"

"Place female wisdom at the centre of any decision-making process, “no decision is made without women being consulted.”"

"Successful women don’t reach their goals because they are geniuses but because they are determined to do so. Never be satisfied with small things. Ladies working in the same professional should develop forums where they can discuss issues."

"In life there isn’t a single person that knows everything and there is no person that knows nothing. It’s not too late to learn because you just need to develop that interest, talk to people, share with them what you have and learn from them. There is no breakthrough in this world if you are isolated, you can only make a breakthrough by talking to people."

"Healing is a process, even if you were outside and lost your friends or relatives. You cannot however be in the same position of the people who where here (Rwanda) surviving the genocide. What is helping us to heal are the efforts to talk, justice is being instituted while impunity is being fought."

"“If we enhance peace on the entire continent, pool our markets into bigger and more viable entities, integrate our infrastructure and borrow each other’s human capacities, then prosperity can be realized.”"

"Oh yes we went through such troubles but today we have built walls, that never again shall this happen"