Humanitarian intervention has been to the forefront of international relations since the end of the Cold-War. I believe it is critical in protecting human rights and providing emergency assistance in states where human-rights violations are being perpetrated, similar to that stated in ‘Humanitarian Intervention and Peace Operations’ by Theo Farrell. It is difficult to define humanitarian intervention, as not all States agree on what is to be included in characterising and defining intervention. In many cases, however, humanitarian intervention involves the use of military force against a perpetrating state. According to the Danish Institute of International Affairs, “humanitarian intervention is defined as coercive action by States involving
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(un.org). One of these agreements led to the establishment of the Neutral Military Observer Group (NMOG I). UNOMUR’S main focus was on the transport of weapons and ammunition across the border between Uganda and Rwanda. Thousands of people sought refuge from UNAMIR controlled sites. On 17th May 1994, the UN Security Council introduced an arms boycott against Rwanda, they called for all member Sates to assist in the search for peace, and they increased UNAMIR’s troops from 270 to 5,500. …show more content…
Agency for International Development directed their support towards providing ‘food, shelter, and medical and sanitary services to refugees and internally displaced persons. Emergency food aid was…massive. It has prevented large-scale starvation and malnutrition.’ (oecd.org). The International Committee of the Red Cross, and bilateral donors all helped with supplying medicines and equipment to re-establish the health and education systems in Rwanda after over ’80 percent of its health professionals had been killed or had fled the country.’ (oecd.org). Needless to say, Rwanda would not be in the peaceful state that it is today without the help of international intervention. Rwanda has made extraordinary progress in the past decades, and those that had once killed their neighbours now live side by side with their relatives, doubtlessly unachievable without humanitarian intervention.
The Yugoslav Wars had a similar positive ending to the Rwandan Civil War. The Yugoslav Wars were also ethnic based conflicts, affecting mainly Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia, all former Yugoslav republics. The reasons behind these wars was mainly down to Slovenia and Croatia wanting to be granted independence from Yugoslavia. Serbs living in Croatia greatly opposed the move and hence the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) was created. (un.org). However, it became largely under the control of the Serbian government. As a result, its main aim became to create a “Greater
(un.org). One of these agreements led to the establishment of the Neutral Military Observer Group (NMOG I). UNOMUR’S main focus was on the transport of weapons and ammunition across the border between Uganda and Rwanda. Thousands of people sought refuge from UNAMIR controlled sites. On 17th May 1994, the UN Security Council introduced an arms boycott against Rwanda, they called for all member Sates to assist in the search for peace, and they increased UNAMIR’s troops from 270 to 5,500. …show more content…
Agency for International Development directed their support towards providing ‘food, shelter, and medical and sanitary services to refugees and internally displaced persons. Emergency food aid was…massive. It has prevented large-scale starvation and malnutrition.’ (oecd.org). The International Committee of the Red Cross, and bilateral donors all helped with supplying medicines and equipment to re-establish the health and education systems in Rwanda after over ’80 percent of its health professionals had been killed or had fled the country.’ (oecd.org). Needless to say, Rwanda would not be in the peaceful state that it is today without the help of international intervention. Rwanda has made extraordinary progress in the past decades, and those that had once killed their neighbours now live side by side with their relatives, doubtlessly unachievable without humanitarian intervention.
The Yugoslav Wars had a similar positive ending to the Rwandan Civil War. The Yugoslav Wars were also ethnic based conflicts, affecting mainly Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia, all former Yugoslav republics. The reasons behind these wars was mainly down to Slovenia and Croatia wanting to be granted independence from Yugoslavia. Serbs living in Croatia greatly opposed the move and hence the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) was created. (un.org). However, it became largely under the control of the Serbian government. As a result, its main aim became to create a “Greater