Rwanda Genocide

Paper Summary:

In this article, the writer examines the causes and events that led to the failure of the United Nation's peacekeeping mission in Rwanda. The writer points out that, as the United Nations peacekeeping contingency embarked on its mission, it arrived in Rwanda to find the country in a crisis, composed of civil unrest between the Hutu and the Tutsi, that eventually deteriorated into genocide. The writer maintains that the evidence shows a complete failure on the part of the United Nations and in its ability to intervene or control or have any significant impact on the genocide taking place in Rwanda. Further, the writer claims that there is some evidence that contributions were made by individuals or small groups of individuals who were able to assist in saving a few number of lives, but nothing compared to the 800,000 Rwandans who lost their lives in one of history's darkest times.

Outline:
Introduction
Rwanda
Genocide
United Nations in Rwanda
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The policies of the government are set by the president in consultation with the Council of Government, which is composed of 17 cabinet ministers. The president introduces laws, which are then submitted for approval to the CND. During its first year, this parliamentary body passed 49 laws, including new tax laws, commercial regulations, and modifications to the criminal code. The government is characterized by political moderation and fiscal conservatism and has focused on development problems, especially food production, education, health care, housing, employment, and infrastructure. Ethnic harmony is the government's stated objective, though an objective that has clearly failed to date."

Sample of Sources Used:

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• Chalk, Frank and Kurt Jonassohn, The History and Sociology of Genocide: Analyses and Case Studies. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990.
• "Clinton Administration Policy on Reforming Multilateral Peace Operations
• (PDD 25) ." Bureau of International Organizational Affairs, U.S. Department of State (February 22, 1996).
• Fassbender, Bardo. "Reforming the United Nations." Contemporary Review, Volume 272, Issue 1589 (June 1998). December 6, 2006. http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5001358944.

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