Too Far, too Remote, too Poor.......
A few days ago I was doing a presentation about Conflict Resolution in Rwanda. Before that, I did a wide research about Rwandan Genocide, international community's intervention and about the EXPECTED genocide......
The Republic of Rwanda is a unitary republic of central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 10.7 million (2010). It borders Uganda to the north; Tanzania to the east; Burundi to the south; and the Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) to the west. The early inhabitants were Twa people, who are a minority now. Today the population mailny consists of Hutus and Tutsis. Rwanda has been the colony of Germany and Belgium, who always favoured Tutsis over Hutus. The Civil War occured between those two clans(I don't consider them to be different ethnic groups), and after the death of the president it lead to the Genocide,,,,For about 1 000 000 people were killed, and thousands of people just flew to the naighbouring countries, still living in poverty...Now the question arises, Could the Genocide have been prevented? Why wouldn't international community intervene before the massacre occured???.....
During researches I came up with the following expression: "Rwanda was simply too far, too remote, too poor, and probably too BLACK to be worthwile..... "(Des Forges). This is how the ignorance of international community can be explained... There were plenty of e
arly warnings to UN and Big Countries that Hutus were planning a genocide,,, and UN had simply a mission there to stop the CIVIL WAR... not more,,, soon after the warnings the blue helmets just withdrew...
There is a film based on the documentary book of Romeo Dallaire (General of UN mission) , "Shaking Hands with the Devil". Watching this film everything became more clear for me.. The international community just didn't care about those poor kids, women and young Tutsis and even Hutus.... they had no interests there.... It was obvious. During the slaughter a White House source told to New York TImes that Rwanda "has no ties to the US and no oil or other resources that would make American intervention worth the cost....".
It's just unforgivable...
By reading about this and looking at the pictures of the slaughtered people and the faces of children, I had in mind Armenian Genocide... is it too remote and without resources???? It's not worthwile so as to recognize the Genocide??? International Community has no interests ??? One thig is for sure.. The whooleee world should do everything not to let any genocide occur ... because it's the worst thing in the humanity....
"This new century should become the century of humanity, when we as human beings, rise above race, creed, color, religion and national self-interest and put the good of humanity above the good fo our own tribe.For the sake of children and our future.. " Romeo Dallaire
The Republic of Rwanda is a unitary republic of central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 10.7 million (2010). It borders Uganda to the north; Tanzania to the east; Burundi to the south; and the Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) to the west. The early inhabitants were Twa people, who are a minority now. Today the population mailny consists of Hutus and Tutsis. Rwanda has been the colony of Germany and Belgium, who always favoured Tutsis over Hutus. The Civil War occured between those two clans(I don't consider them to be different ethnic groups), and after the death of the president it lead to the Genocide,,,,For about 1 000 000 people were killed, and thousands of people just flew to the naighbouring countries, still living in poverty...Now the question arises, Could the Genocide have been prevented? Why wouldn't international community intervene before the massacre occured???.....
During researches I came up with the following expression: "Rwanda was simply too far, too remote, too poor, and probably too BLACK to be worthwile..... "(Des Forges). This is how the ignorance of international community can be explained... There were plenty of e
arly warnings to UN and Big Countries that Hutus were planning a genocide,,, and UN had simply a mission there to stop the CIVIL WAR... not more,,, soon after the warnings the blue helmets just withdrew...
There is a film based on the documentary book of Romeo Dallaire (General of UN mission) , "Shaking Hands with the Devil". Watching this film everything became more clear for me.. The international community just didn't care about those poor kids, women and young Tutsis and even Hutus.... they had no interests there.... It was obvious. During the slaughter a White House source told to New York TImes that Rwanda "has no ties to the US and no oil or other resources that would make American intervention worth the cost....".
It's just unforgivable...
By reading about this and looking at the pictures of the slaughtered people and the faces of children, I had in mind Armenian Genocide... is it too remote and without resources???? It's not worthwile so as to recognize the Genocide??? International Community has no interests ??? One thig is for sure.. The whooleee world should do everything not to let any genocide occur ... because it's the worst thing in the humanity....
"This new century should become the century of humanity, when we as human beings, rise above race, creed, color, religion and national self-interest and put the good of humanity above the good fo our own tribe.For the sake of children and our future.. " Romeo Dallaire