Reason for no engagement
"The whole focus at the time was on the former Yugoslavia,"
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determined April 29, 1994 by Oxfam in a press release
-media faliure+political
15 years ago-Balkans bombed
Countries
Belgium -Colonized Rwanda before Genocide
- retrieved peacekeepers UNAMR (united nations assistance mission for Rwanda)
- too late to act
-warned UN of potential massacre "ignored"
United States
-Clinton presidency(US ambassador-Madeleine Albright
-declassified documents of Genocide =justification
After- inituatives help Rwanda wi Clintion Foundation
United Nations
- Noticed mistakes
-removed 2,500 peace keepers during Genocide(massive guilt)
-delivered report of lesson learned
France
-Controvesial intervention
-Abandoned Embassy (destroying documents involving old regime )
-Operation Turqouise
-saved 15,000 refugees
-Protect Hutu from RPF
- presence allowed genocidaires to escape
By Margaret Garcia