"The triumph of evil occurs when good men do nothing." This quote was said by the modern day political philosopher, Edmund Burke. This quote means that it is when good people don't take action that bad things are allowed to happen. This relates to the recent genocide in Rwanda, when the Hutus massacred the Tutsis over a period of 100 days in the summer of 1994. Three major ways in which good men did nothing is the UN's avoided action, the soldiers who abandoned the Tutsis, and the United States" refusal to use the word "genocide," and took no action to prevent it.
The UN did a large deal of procrastinating during the ordeal in Rwanda. At first, they wouldn't even address that there was a problem, since no one stepped forward to say that there was one. They simply ignored it when the Rwanda ambassador told them that it was just a "civil war." When the UN finally did admit to the fact that there was a problem, they made several promises of action. These promises were hollow. Few actions were actually made to defuse the problem. Now the UN had already broken its most sincere promise in only 50 years, to never allow the extermination of a single group of people. A promise made immediately following the end of the holocaust. All the UN really did was to send troops over there but that did little, the number of troop at one point was only a couple hundred, not nearly enough to stop the Hutu army. They also asked the US military to send in several APC, (Armored Personnel Carriers) only a few of which were sent into Rwanda. The rest, when they were finally finished after a long process, were sent to Uganda, the neighboring country.
The soldiers sent in by the UN also displayed non-action during the genocide. At first, they managed to hold off the Hutus, even though they were outnumbered. It seemed as though the fact that the soldiers were there managed to drive them off. If they had kept the troops there longer, and brought transports to take the Tutsis to a safe haven, and many lives could have been saved.
The Rwandan people are mostly farmers. ... Rwanda does not just run on agriculture though. ... The Rwandan culture is not much different than neighboring countries in Africa. ... The average age of life for a Rwandan male is about 38.35 years, while a Rwandan female lives slightly longer at 39.65 years of age. ... I feel that Rwanda has many problems within itself. ...
Rwanda The Republic of Rwanda, also known as Rwanda, is located in Central Africa. Rwanda's population is about 7,229,000 people. ... Rwanda is the most densely populate county in Africa. ... Music is also listened to in Rwanda and one of the singers that is adored Rwanda goes by the name of Cecile. ... Those Rwandans living near lakes eat fish. ...
The 1994 Genocide of Rwanda took place in a small country located in the center of Africa. ... It's important to understand how the 1994 Rwanda Genocide was organized. ... The 1994 Rwanda Genocide lasted for approximately 100 days. ... However, the death of the president was not the only cause of the Rwanda Genocide. ... Rwanda was granted their independence by Belgium in 1962 ("Rwandan Genocide: 100 Day Slaughter"). ...
Since the 1994 genocide's the country of Rwanda has drastically changed. ... Rwanda faces two major problems. ... Rwanda's population is rising rapidly. ... Rwanda's political ecology is another factor that needs to be reviewed. ... (Uvin 8) Rwanda presently has 6 represented political parties. ...
Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing Rwanda 1994 In April of 1994, another horrifying chapter in human history was written. ... Before imperial powers exercised their influence on Rwanda, the Tutsi and Hutus lived in relative peace and harmony. ... That is until German colonial rule introduced European racial theories into Rwanda. ... From this time on ethnic conflicts plagued Rwanda for decades. ... The Americans for example were hesitant to call the slayings in Rwanda a genocide. ...
Their are three groups of people in Rwanda. ... When Rwanda was finally independent the Tutsi people would not give in to the Hutu democracy. ... Once the europeans took over rwanda it all went downhill between the Hutu and Tutsi. ... There were many different causes of the Rwandan Genocide, one of the is the assassination of the president. ... On October 1, 1990 the civil war broke out in Rwanda, it went to about 1993. ...
Before the genocide, the Rwandan Patriotic Front, or RPF for short, invaded Northern Rwanda, from Uganda. ... This invasion is what sparked the Rwandan Civil War, in 1990. ... First, in Rwanda, there have always been bipolar societies; the Hutu's and the Tutsi's. ... When Belgium took control of Rwanda, they issued identification cards to every citizen. ... In the case of Rwanda, when the UN intervened, it was too late because their society was already severed. ...
The legal responses to the genocide were plentiful, seen through the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), amendments to international laws such as the responsibility to protect, third party national prosecutions and judicial processed in Rwanda. ... For example, Rwandan man Ferdinand Nahimana was convicted of participating the Rwandan genocide due to his organizing of a Radio Staton organizing and encouraging genocidal behaviours amoung the Hutu people. ... Further judicial processes within Rwanda also occurred, having an analogous effect. ... This was effective in sorting out ...
The Rwandan genocide was the systematic extermination of over eight hundred thousand Tutsi, an ethnic group in Rwanda, by the Hutu, another ethnic group in Rwanda. ... Many Tutsi fled from Rwanda and were not allowed to return. Many Tutsi that stayed in Rwanda were killed. ... The world wide coffee market crashed, and coffee being the main export of Rwanda, led to unemployment and hunger of many Rwandans. ... Eventually, though, the Rwandan Patriotic Front defeated the militias and the Rwandan army, and the genocide ended. ...
