This Senate resolution expresses the sense that the United States should formally recognize the 1994 genocide in Rwanda as "the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda." It urges the Secretary of State to publicly adopt and affirm this specific terminology, aligning with international bodies and other nations. The resolution highlights that the United Nations, various US officials, and human rights organizations already refer to the events as primarily targeting the Tutsi population. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of using precise language to counter genocide denial or revisionism, as advocated by Rwandan officials. While focusing on the genocide against the Tutsi, the resolution also acknowledges that other atrocities and mass violence occurred against Hutus and the Indigenous Twa community during the same period, perpetrated by Hutu extremist militias, and that these experiences should be affirmed in the historical record.