The Darfurian genocide was one of the most horrific genocides to take place in the 21st century. However, the international response to the genocide was unprecedented and therefore raises a lot of questions on why was the international response different especially when compared to the Rwandan genocide. The Rwandan genocide exemplified the failure of the international community to intervene in both the political side and humanitarian side. The Genocide was allowed to escalate to a horrific extent without any intervention. The close proximity and the parallel reasons behind the genocide led to a lot of questions on why was the response immensely different. Therefore, this paper will explore the historical context of both these genocide and
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The Rwandan Genocide which was immensely neglected by international media this notion was explored in Alan J. Kuperman’s article titled “How the Media Missed the Rwandan genocide” states that “ Form April to July 1994, approximately 5000,000 Rwandan Tutsi... were exterminated in the most effective and complete genocide of modern times.Western media blame the international community for not intervening quickly, but the media must share blame…” This notion of the media not delving into the deaths of 500,000 individuals was immensely baffling at the time. The genocide was discussed in intellectual debates and various forms however it was not was not made readily available for the international public. The direct targeting of the Tutsis was an obvious form of genocide and therefore the lack of response does not necessarily equate minute media attention. However, the argument that claims that the the lack of media attention was due to the lack of foreign intervention is also valid as their was in fact a great discrepancy regarding the intervening powers such as the United Nations lack of involvement in the time that the Rwandan Genocide was taking …show more content…
the answer to this tumultuous question can be answered in the quote, cited in Peter Uvin, paper titled “Reading the Rwandan Genocide” in which he cites the United Nations “Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda” which states that the “ the overriding failure in the response of the UN before and during the genocide in Rwanda can be summarized as a lack of resources and a lack of will to take on the commitment which would have been necessary to prevent or to stop the genocide” This idea of the UN’s lack of commitment to preventing the genocide served as a immense reason for the decline in the institutions legitimacy and trust around the world, but especially in Africa. This Lack of legitimacy that was a result of the Un’s failure to intervene in the Rwandan Genocide was one of, if not the most vital reason behind the vast change in the United Nations stance, and subsequently the Media’s stance, regarding the genocide in
The Rwandan Genocide which was immensely neglected by international media this notion was explored in Alan J. Kuperman’s article titled “How the Media Missed the Rwandan genocide” states that “ Form April to July 1994, approximately 5000,000 Rwandan Tutsi... were exterminated in the most effective and complete genocide of modern times.Western media blame the international community for not intervening quickly, but the media must share blame…” This notion of the media not delving into the deaths of 500,000 individuals was immensely baffling at the time. The genocide was discussed in intellectual debates and various forms however it was not was not made readily available for the international public. The direct targeting of the Tutsis was an obvious form of genocide and therefore the lack of response does not necessarily equate minute media attention. However, the argument that claims that the the lack of media attention was due to the lack of foreign intervention is also valid as their was in fact a great discrepancy regarding the intervening powers such as the United Nations lack of involvement in the time that the Rwandan Genocide was taking …show more content…
the answer to this tumultuous question can be answered in the quote, cited in Peter Uvin, paper titled “Reading the Rwandan Genocide” in which he cites the United Nations “Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda” which states that the “ the overriding failure in the response of the UN before and during the genocide in Rwanda can be summarized as a lack of resources and a lack of will to take on the commitment which would have been necessary to prevent or to stop the genocide” This idea of the UN’s lack of commitment to preventing the genocide served as a immense reason for the decline in the institutions legitimacy and trust around the world, but especially in Africa. This Lack of legitimacy that was a result of the Un’s failure to intervene in the Rwandan Genocide was one of, if not the most vital reason behind the vast change in the United Nations stance, and subsequently the Media’s stance, regarding the genocide in