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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
In what reality do you live Pacifier? The conflict is 14 years old, there were problems way before the UN fell asleep with Rwanda.
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there was a UN peacekeeping force in Rwanda in 1994 when the genocide started, mostly belgian and
french troops. this force was reinforced to rescue western civillians (450 french, 450 belgians + 500 in kenia, 250 US Ranger in Burundi) . On 12th april the belgians withdraw their forces when 10 soldiers where killed.
Eventually, on 17 May 1994, the UN security council adopted a resolution that would deliver nearly 5,500 troops and much needed personnel carriers and other equipment to UNAMIR. Unfortunately, the member states refused to gather troops or send supplies for approximately six months, well after the formal end of the genocide.
At the End of June the was a attempt to reinforce the UN troops again French forces landed in Goma, Zaire, on a humanitarian mission. They deployed throughout southwest Rwanda in an area they called "Zone Turquoise"
So was it a failure of the UN or the member states who voted for troops but failed to actually send troops?
more on this:
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB...B53/index.html
http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB...B119/index.htm