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Peacekeeping Failures and Successes : Rwanda

  • Could 5,000 Peacekeepers Have Saved 500,000 Rwandans? -- (April 1997) This report by the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University concludes that early intervention could have prevented the full-scale disaster in Rwanda had member states been willing to seize the "window of opportunity." (Added: 19-May-2004 Hits: 807 Rating: 8.00 Votes: 2) Rate It
  • Inquiry finds UN failure to halt 1994 genocide -- Responsibility for the failure to halt the 1994 genocide in Rwanda lies with the UN system, members of the UN Security Council and other UN member states, according to the report of an independent inquiry made public at UN headquarters in New York on 16 December. (Added: 13-May-2004 Hits: 468 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It
  • The Rwanda Genocide: "The Triumph of Evil" -- (January 1999) Link to PBS interview with Igbal Riza, UN Chief of Staff. Riza responds to charges that high-level UN officals knew in advance of the possibility that mass killings would occur. Site includes analysis of the failed UN peacekeeping mission and how prior events in Somalia influenced the West's responce. (Added: 19-May-2004 Hits: 313 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It
  • UN admits failure in Rwanda -- The United Nations has accepted the findings of a damning report which accuses it of failing to prevent the genocide in Rwanda more than five years ago. (Added: 19-May-2004 Hits: 554 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It
  • UN Failed Rwanda, Ignored Evidence of Genocide -- (December 16, 1999) An Associated Press article about an independent report, commissioned by Secretary General Kofi Annan, that faults the UN and Security Council members for lack of political will. It says the UN ignored information that a genocide was planned, refused to act once the genocide had begun and then abandoned Rwandans in need of protection. (Added: 19-May-2004 Hits: 420 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It


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