United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said the international community has failed to prevent genocide in Syria 20 years after the Rwanda situation.
Ban said failing to prevent atrocities in Syria is 'a shameful indictment'.
According to Fox News, he also pointed to 'grave and blatant' human rights violations in the Central African Republic.
Ban also expressed gave concern over civilians threatened in many regions, and worrying trends such as rising bias against migrants, Muslims, Roma and other minorities in Europe and elsewhere.
The comments from the UN chief came while speaking at New York launch of 'Kwibuka 20', a series of events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide, the report said.
According to the report, he also called the genocide 'an epic failure' of the international community and said lessons learned must be implemented.