Rwanda
Genocide is the act of killing people of a particular ethnic group, or nation, attempting to wipe them out completely. “Killing members of the group or causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group,” (How do you define genocide?) are few of the many things that the Hutus did to the Tutsi people. Preventing all genocide should be a duty and a need for a global response.
The Rwandan genocide began after a plane carrying then President Juvenal Habyarimana, and his counterpart Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi, who were both Hutus, was shot down. The Rwandan Patriotic Front also known as RPF said, “the plane had been shot down by Hutus to provide an excuse for the genocide,” (Rwanda genocide: 100 days of slaughter). Carried …show more content…
The genocide in Rwanda was not a secret, many journalist reported on what they saw. They, “watched as people were killed in the streets,” (NEWS REPORTS). Journalists had no orders to intervene with the wrongdoings that were occurring. The UN and Belgium had forces in Rwanda but they were not given orders to stop the murders and after US troops were killed in Somalia, they were “determined not to get involved in another African conflict,” (Rwanda genocide: 100 days of slaughter). Many world leaders did not want to put their own people at risk by getting involved in Rwanda's affairs. They didn't want more conflict which would most likely lead to a large numbers of …show more content…
The United Nations did not step in to help because many of the countries did not want to lose their men. The UN was also a neutral organization and prefered to stay that way. Many, “were slaughtered by the government troops, Belgium and Bangladesh decided to pull out their troops,” (MERKEL, BERNARD ALEXANDRE). As seen in Rwanda, anytime there were other troops trying to get involved they were also killed along with the Tutsis, so countries did not want to lose more men. The United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) began with over 2,500 military men, and ended with about 270 men left once the fight began in 1994. Shocked at the number of men that they lost, they quickly called a cease-fire to evacuate the remaining men left. Countries did not want to risk anymore lives. The Genocide between the Hutus and the Tutsis was also seen as a, “civil war between two legitimate groups that were trying to fight for their autonomy” (MERKEL, BERNARD ALEXANDRE), and interfering could have changed the
Genocide is the act of killing people of a particular ethnic group, or nation, attempting to wipe them out completely. “Killing members of the group or causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group,” (How do you define genocide?) are few of the many things that the Hutus did to the Tutsi people. Preventing all genocide should be a duty and a need for a global response.
The Rwandan genocide began after a plane carrying then President Juvenal Habyarimana, and his counterpart Cyprien Ntaryamira of Burundi, who were both Hutus, was shot down. The Rwandan Patriotic Front also known as RPF said, “the plane had been shot down by Hutus to provide an excuse for the genocide,” (Rwanda genocide: 100 days of slaughter). Carried …show more content…
The genocide in Rwanda was not a secret, many journalist reported on what they saw. They, “watched as people were killed in the streets,” (NEWS REPORTS). Journalists had no orders to intervene with the wrongdoings that were occurring. The UN and Belgium had forces in Rwanda but they were not given orders to stop the murders and after US troops were killed in Somalia, they were “determined not to get involved in another African conflict,” (Rwanda genocide: 100 days of slaughter). Many world leaders did not want to put their own people at risk by getting involved in Rwanda's affairs. They didn't want more conflict which would most likely lead to a large numbers of …show more content…
The United Nations did not step in to help because many of the countries did not want to lose their men. The UN was also a neutral organization and prefered to stay that way. Many, “were slaughtered by the government troops, Belgium and Bangladesh decided to pull out their troops,” (MERKEL, BERNARD ALEXANDRE). As seen in Rwanda, anytime there were other troops trying to get involved they were also killed along with the Tutsis, so countries did not want to lose more men. The United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) began with over 2,500 military men, and ended with about 270 men left once the fight began in 1994. Shocked at the number of men that they lost, they quickly called a cease-fire to evacuate the remaining men left. Countries did not want to risk anymore lives. The Genocide between the Hutus and the Tutsis was also seen as a, “civil war between two legitimate groups that were trying to fight for their autonomy” (MERKEL, BERNARD ALEXANDRE), and interfering could have changed the