ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITEIT VAN SURINAME Faculteit der Maatschappijwetenschappen Public Administration Term paper Case-study: The United Nations in Crisis Situations Subject: The Failure of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in 1994 Rwandan Genocide Written by: Michelle Simson Course: International Relation II Semester: B-II Educator: R.A. Franklin Place: Paramaribo Date: 18 august 2009 Foreword This term paper is part of the course International Relations
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Naomi Weir 2012 A central theme of this module is that conflict seemingly inspired by ethnic hates is in fact driven by the aims of political leaders. Discuss with reference to one of the ethnic wars or genocides that took place in the 20th century. Introduction This question asks what causes ethnic conflict‚ while particularly focussing on the degree to which ethnic conflict is driven by political leaders. The argument that ethnic conflict is driven by the aims of political leaders is
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represented a last attempt at survival. The Hutu and Tutsi people have a similar past to each other. When Rwanda was settled‚ the Tutsi people were the people who owned most of the cattle and the rest of the people were the Hutu. It was when the Germans colonised Rwanda
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population of seven million people was composed of three ethnic groups: 1. Hutu (approximately 85%) 2. Tutsi (approx. 14%) 3. Twa (approx. 1%) Who Are the Hutu‚ Tutsi and Twa? The Hutu and Tutsi are two peoples who share a common past. When Rwanda was first settled‚ the people who lived there raised cattle. Soon‚ the people who owned the most cattle were called "Tutsi" and everyone else was called "Hutu." At this time‚ a person could easily change categories through marriage or cattle
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of the most populated countries in Africa‚ and is also one of the poorest countries in the world. The feud started because Rwanda was under the Belgian administration and the Tutsi were being treated better than the Hutu people were (Longman 2-3). In Rwanda two people lived. The Hutu occupied the majority of the population‚ while the Tutsi people made up the rest. These two groups lived together in Rwanda for many years with
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mid-July‚1994)‚ 800‚000 Tutsis and Hutu sympathizers were slaughtered (as much as 20% of the country’s total population). The tension and longstanding ethnic competition between the minority group-Tutsi’s‚ who had had power in the land for centuries‚ and the majority group- Hutu’s‚ who had come to power in the rebellion of 1959-62‚ culminated and resulted in the mass genocide. Background Prior to the genocide‚ most of the Rwandan population was made up of the Hutu ethnic group who were traditionally
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during the Rwandan genocide. To understand why these women were treated this way you first need to know the background off the genocide. The Rwandan genocide was caused by a power struggle between the two dominant tribes in both Rwanda and Burundi. The Hutu and the Tutsi. They had been massacring each other in those two countries for decades after independence and a civil war between the two groups
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three groups: Hutu‚ Tutsi‚ and Twa. The Hutu people made up eighty five percent of the population‚ the Tutsi made up fourteen‚ and the very small group Twa made up the very little amount of one percent. Since the Hutu thought that the Tutsi were responsible for killing the President‚ who was also a part of the Hutu tribe‚ Hutu extremist decided that they would destroy the Tutsi and everything they had. This genocide was one of the most brutal in history approximately 800‚000 Tutsi‚ and Hutu were lost
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had been colonizing Rwanda. The Belgians used the Hutu people who at the time were a majority‚ as slaves. The Belgian’s favored the Tutsi because they looked more “white”. The belgians would look at the skin tone‚ the size of their lips and the width of the bridge of their noses to determine this. The Belgians put the Tutsi people in charge of the Hutu’s but when the Belgians decided to leave the area they left the Hutu people in charge. The Hutu were furious with the Tutsi for all the years of forced
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When Hutu fears that the Rwandan Patriot Front was gaining increased power grew‚ extremist Hutus formed a group called the Interhamwe to resist the RPF. While Hutu president Habyarimana grew desperate to gain support of Hutus following a series of failed promises‚ he saw an opportunity in the Interhamwe to balance forces and resist the
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