Rwanda Conflict.
In 1994 there was a genocide in the country of Rwanda. There was a mass murder of about 800,000 people in 100 days. The Belgians controled rwanda they liked the Tutsi more. They liked them better because they had 'more european looks' so they thought they were smarter. Hutu's made up the majority of people, so when the Belgians left the country they took over. There was an airplane crash of the president of the country which started the genocide. The Hutu's set out to kill as many Tutsis, and moderate Hutus.
UN help and US help.
In 1994 there was a genocide that occured in Rwanda. The United Nations tried to help the people of Rwanda, but they only saved some people. They became a huge international scandal from the delayed troops that didn't save as many people as the world thought they could. The Canadian General, Romeo Dallaire, was the leader of only 450 UN soldiers. The soldiers did what they could with the lack of supplies they had possesion of.
The United States upset many countries with their lack of help. They only contributed the UN peacekeeping budget to help Rwanda for the longest time. When they finally decided to do something it ended up falling through and getting undone. The death toll had reached 800,000 before they really sent any help to the Rawandenese.
President Bill Clinton decided not to get involved with the killings at the beinging of them. He ended up sending help, but it was a little bit too late to do much good. He had to end up apologizing multiple times for not helping prevent more killings. I think that he should be embarrased for not sending anything early enough to help innocent humans from the deaths. I am glad that he was humble enough to know he was wrong and appologize for it.
http://mediafilter.org/CAQ/CAQ52Rw4.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/mar/31/usa.rwanda
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