The failure of the West to intervene, mainly the United States, impacted the intervention of the genocide as it slowed down the process of decision making. For instance, when Belgium decided to withdraw its troops from Rwanda the U.S. was in favour of the decision and urged for a total withdrawal of UNAMIR members. (SOURCE) The decision made by the U.S to support the motions of Belgium was largely due the consequences it had suffered in the battle for Mogadishu, in 1993. The aftermath of the civil
Reaction to the Rwandan Genocide During the year of 1994, the tiny country of Rwanda saw the slaughtering of of nearly one million people in a period of one-hundred days. It was a genocide, the mass murder of African Tutsis that resided in Rwanda. The aftermath of the event left the international community feeling ashamed in their inability to intervene in the catastrophe. Even after the Genocide’s 20th anniversary people were still concerned for who was to blame.. In particular, Bernard Lévy, a
The genocide in Rwanda The genocide in Rwanda was a horrible event, there is no point in stating otherwise. For those less educated in this topic, this mass genocide lasted 100 days from April 7th to mid-July in 1994. I will be discussing the reasons behind this event. First of all I will be explaining what exactly happened during the genocide. In Rwanda there were two groups of people, the Tutsi and the Hutu, the Tutsi were the minority in Rwanda at the time, and the Hutu the majority. In the 100
the lack of or in a superficial democracy. Such difficulties include the state controls, the monopoly of ownership, laws and sometimes, an unserious reporting due to market competition or lack of professionalism. As the 4th state power, Rwanda media also has faced those challenges from its very beginning in 1962. As a result of being controlled and manipulated by the government, Rwandan media was characterized
Nowadays, in the era of the globalization process and the revolution in information and communication technologies, diplomacy has different types, approaches and practices. This paper aims to introduce the various practices of diplomacy by critical analysis of three articles, which are “Diplomacy as Negotiation and Mediation” by William Zartman, “Diplomacy and Intelligence” by Jennifer E. Sims and “The Study of International Mediation: Theoretical Issues and Empirical Evidence” by Jacob Bercovitch