Read Shake Hands With the Devil Online
Authors: Romeo Dallaire
armed attacks on, 166
commander of, 99, 156, 209
contract workers, 270
cost of mission, 174
failure of, 6
guards mounted at homes, 161, 212, 230, 242â3
legal adviser's absence, 112, 173
lobbying for, 84â6
and mandate, 96, 160
mission profile, 102, 106, 110, 172â3, 196â7
naming of, 92
non-paper, 358â9
option analysis, 354
protection sought of, 165, 243, 259â60, 263â4, 284, 288â99, 316
reduced force of, 331â2
reports, 131â2, 166â7, 208
to withdraw, 293â6, 307, 312â13, 319â20
United Nations, 519â20
headquarters, 48
UN
Civilian Police Division, 159, 189
UN
Commission on Human Rights, 380, 419
UN
culture, 52, 147
UN
Department of Humanitarian Affairs.
See
humanitarian aid
UN
Department of Peacekeeping Operations (
DPKO
), 44, 48â51.
See also
triumvirate of
DPKO
reports to, 208, 271â1n, 307, 319, 394
UN
Department of Political Affairs (
DPA
), 51
UN
Economic Commission for Africa, 78
UN
Field Operations Division (
FOD
), 59, 207
UNHCR
(United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), 48, 74, 114, 493â4
UN
Human Rights Commission's Special Session on Rwanda, 395
UNICEF
(United Nations Children's Fund), 48
UN
missions, 49
UNOMUR
(United Nations Observer Mission in Uganda and Rwanda).
See also
UNAMIR
(United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda)
beginnings of, 43â4, 46
commander of, 86, 92
fact-finding mission, 55, 58, 74â6
head of mission, 56, 61â2, 77â8
“reasonable viable option,” 75â6, 82
Rwandan delegation in support of, 83â4
technical report, 81â3, 89, 159
Uganda's signing of, 91
weapons shipments, 201
UN
Rwanda Emergency Office (
UNREO
), 337
UN
Security Council, 48
approval of
UNOMUR
, 52
and French mission, 436â7
and future of mission, 208â9, 212
the Permanent Five, 512
Resolution 909, 219â20
Resolution 912, 322â3
Resolution 918, 374
Resolution 925, 391, 412
Resolution 929, 436
Resolution 935, 454
Rwanda seat on, 145, 195
support of
UNAMIR
, 298, 301, 351â2, 372
United States
American
APC
s, 468
apathy of, 518
commitment to
UNAMIR
, 498â9
informed of extremist agenda, 148
opinion of mission, 76, 84, 169, 208â9, 372â2n
and
RTLM
, 375
State Department and Pentagon at odds, 489â90
White House Press Statement Concerning Rwanda, 471â2
U.S. Joint Task Force (
JTF
) to Africa
arrival of, 488â90
and Kigali airport, 485â6
plans for, 487â8, 497â9
U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College (Virginia), 34â5, 156
U.S. Marines, 283
Université de Montréal, 61
Université Laval, 61
Uruguayan contingent, 423â6, 429â9n
Uwilingiyimana, Agathe “Madame Agathe”
appeal for calm, 189â90
assassinated, 245â6, 248, 268
attendance at flag-raising, 104
description of, 60
guards mounted at home of, 161, 230, 240, 258
hostage taking, 187
political impasse, 194
successor, 221, 224, 227
Uytterhoeven, General, 182, 184â5
Valcartier.
See
5ième Régiment d'artillerie légère du Canada
value of a life, 499, 513, 522
Vandoos.
See
Royal 22ième Régiment (Vandoos)
van Putten, Captain Robert, 218, 244â7, 255â6
Vermeassen, Catherine (mother), 11â12, 14
Vietnam, 19, 35
violent demonstrations, 141
les Voltigeurs de Québec, 31
war brides, 11
War Measures Act, 24, 60
war preparation, 164â5
Washington Post
, 323, 487
weapons caches, 122, 143â4, 173
in
MRND
headquarters, 150
raiding of, 146â7
work ethic
in colleagues, 45, 59, 118
in high school, 15â16
of military leaders, 35, 107â8
workaholics, 37
working groups, 100
World Bank, 74, 174
World Food Programme, 411â12
Yaache, Colonel Clayton, 217, 309, 337, 350, 396, 442
Zaire, 465â6, 469â71
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