Résumé
Human Rights Watch issues a press release calling on the United States to provide clear instructions to the U.S. delegation to the UN to press for increased numbers of the UN force deployed in Rwanda, after the delegation indicated having received "no instructions" from Washington.
Citation
For Immediate Release
May 161 1994
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Alison Des Forges (212) 97 2-8400
Holly Burkhalter (202) 371-65 92
Susan Osnos (212) 972-8400
Robert L. Bernstein
Julius L. Chambers
Human Rights Watch/Africa today called upon the Clinton administration to issue clear instructions to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations to press for an increased UN force in Rwanda. The Security Council meets today to vote on a resolution.
On Friday, the U.S. delegation indicated they had received "no instructions" from Washington, effectively blocking a vote and allowing the slaughter in Rwanda to continue for at least another three days.
Human Rights Watch/Africa urges the United Nations to send in troops not to separate the contending armies but to protect defenseless civilians from murderous militia that have killed 200,000 or more civilians.
