The United Nations has issued its long-awaited report documenting atrocities in the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo that left five million people dead between 1993 and 2003. Part of the report accuses the Rwandan military of war crimes and possibly even genocide. The report said Tutsi-led Rwandan troops and their rebel allies killed tens of thousands of members of the Hutu ethnic group after the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: “Because the laws of war forbid the killing of civilians, it points to crimes against humanity and, in some instances, may well amount to genocide. But the report makes clear that it’s only a court of law that can determine what crimes have been — are suspected of having been committed.”

The Rwandan government protested the release of the report and has threatened to withdraw from the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Darfur.

Louise Mushikiwabo, Rwanda’s foreign affairs minister: “It is a report that is destabilizing for the region. We have seven countries named in this report. None of us has been contacted. None of us was given a chance to respond to the accusations. We are accused by anonymous people. We don’t know who is investigating.”