A very sensitive documentary on the genocide orchestrated by the ultra right wing Hutu(ethnic majority in Rwanda) groups in Rwanda during 1994. It is estimated that 8 lakhs Tutsi(ethnic minority) people were methodically hunted down and killed in the massacre. During the massacre what UN or the world peace protector USA was doing? The documentary examines UN & US’s role in this crisis. It shows how the social, political and diplomatic failures converged to enable the massacre to occur.
Through the interviews of Canadian Gen. Romeo Dallaire, we can see the inefficiency of UN to stop the crisis. When he send a warning fax to UN headquarters regarding the unrest in Rwanda and asking permission to interfere before the massacre starts, UN secretary general Kofi Annan rejected the request within hours.
When the genocide started Belgian authorities withdrawn their armies since 10 Belgian army persons were killed by the rioters. UN also wants to withdraw its army but the brave UN soldiers refused to do so. The UN Security Council decided to keep a few peace keeping soldiers in the country because of the pressure from other African countries. First UN was even not ready to call it as genocide because if they recognize it as genocide they have to interfere in it.
Annan says “we have few numbers of soldiers in the country and they are not enough to resist the massacre. So we told them to not to take any actions”. In an interview he says “I have asked 80 countries to send soldiers to the mission but no one took any steps in this direction”. So what is the meaning to keep UN alive..???
When a black activist escaped from Rwanda and went to US to request help from US, one diplomat told her that “US do not have any friends but only interests and in your country we do not have any interest”. Clinton during his speech says “our national interest do not allow us to interfere in this issue”
Through interviews with key government officials, diplomats, soldiers, and survivors of the slaughter, "Ghosts of Rwanda" presents groundbreaking, first-hand accounts of the genocide. The film has lot of heart breaking moments…..when UN army came to rescue the diplomats, media persons and foreign citizens, the tutsi people beg to save their life too. But it was not the “interest” of the international community…!!
"With the perspective of time, the Rwandan crisis can be seen as a crucial test of the international system and its values -- a clash between the ideals of humanitarianism and the cold logic of realism and national interest," (Greg Barker, Director “The ghost of Rwanda”).
A must see documentary…!!!
Through the interviews of Canadian Gen. Romeo Dallaire, we can see the inefficiency of UN to stop the crisis. When he send a warning fax to UN headquarters regarding the unrest in Rwanda and asking permission to interfere before the massacre starts, UN secretary general Kofi Annan rejected the request within hours.
When the genocide started Belgian authorities withdrawn their armies since 10 Belgian army persons were killed by the rioters. UN also wants to withdraw its army but the brave UN soldiers refused to do so. The UN Security Council decided to keep a few peace keeping soldiers in the country because of the pressure from other African countries. First UN was even not ready to call it as genocide because if they recognize it as genocide they have to interfere in it.
Annan says “we have few numbers of soldiers in the country and they are not enough to resist the massacre. So we told them to not to take any actions”. In an interview he says “I have asked 80 countries to send soldiers to the mission but no one took any steps in this direction”. So what is the meaning to keep UN alive..???
When a black activist escaped from Rwanda and went to US to request help from US, one diplomat told her that “US do not have any friends but only interests and in your country we do not have any interest”. Clinton during his speech says “our national interest do not allow us to interfere in this issue”
Through interviews with key government officials, diplomats, soldiers, and survivors of the slaughter, "Ghosts of Rwanda" presents groundbreaking, first-hand accounts of the genocide. The film has lot of heart breaking moments…..when UN army came to rescue the diplomats, media persons and foreign citizens, the tutsi people beg to save their life too. But it was not the “interest” of the international community…!!
"With the perspective of time, the Rwandan crisis can be seen as a crucial test of the international system and its values -- a clash between the ideals of humanitarianism and the cold logic of realism and national interest," (Greg Barker, Director “The ghost of Rwanda”).
A must see documentary…!!!
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i like three political docu
taxy to the dark side , iraq in fragments , farenheat
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