International Decision-Making in the Age of Genocide
Rwanda 1990—1994

About the Conference



Thank You

This production of this briefing book would not have been possible without the generous support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

 

In The News

Declassified U.N. Cables Reveal Turning Point in Rwanda Crisis of 1994
Mark Landler, The New York Times, June 3, 2014

Key Decision Makers and Eyewitnesses Gather in the Hague to Consider the Failure of the International Community in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
National Security Archive, May 29, 2014

Refusing to Call it Genocide: Documents Show ClintonAdministration Ignored Mass Killings in Rwanda
Emily Willard, Democracy Now! [Video], April 7, 2014

Don't Assume that the Rwandan Genocide Couldn't Happen Today
Sarah J. Bloomfield and Michael Abramowitz, The New Republic, April 7, 2014

Britain ignored genocide threat in Rwanda
By Oscar Williams, The Independent, March 9, 2014

"The Rwandan Genocide," Letter to the Editor, The New York Times
 By Linda Melvern, Gregory Stanton, et al.
January 15, 2014 

Tracing the Rwanda "Genocide Fax," Letter to the Editor, The New York Times
By Karel Kovanda
January 14, 2014

"The Rwandan Genocide," Letter to the Editor, The New York Times
By Rafael Medoff
January 10, 2014

The Shroud Over Rwanda's Nightmare
By Michael Dobbs, The New York Times, January 9, 2014

 

Briefing Book Editing Staff

  • Tom Blanton (Director, National Security Archive)
  • Michael Dobbs (Senior Advisor, US Holocaust Memorial Museum)
  • Jamie Noguchi (Web-editor and graphic design, National Security Archive)
  • Kristin Scalzo (Research Assistant, US Holocaust Memorial Museum and National Security Archive)
  • Emily Willard (Research Associate and Project Coordinator, National Security Archive)

 

Conference Hosts and Staff

  • Michael Abramowitz (Director, Levine Institute for Holocaust Education at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum)
  • Tom Blanton (Director, National Security Archive)
  • Michael Dobbs (Senior Advisor, US Holocaust Memorial Museum)
  • Nadia Ficara (Director, Donor Travel Programs and the VIP Speakers Bureau, US Holocaust Memorial Museum)
  • Cameron Hudson (Director, Center for the Prevention of Genocide, US Holocaust Memorial Museum)
  • Marie-Laure Poiré (Manager, Events and Communications, The Hague Institute for Global Justice)
  • Kristin Scalzo (Research Assistant, US Holocaust Memorial Museum and National Security Archive)
  • Emily Willard (Research Associate and Project Coordinator, National Security Archive)
  • Abiodun Williams (President, The Hague Institute for Global Justice)

 

 

Conference Documentation

Welcome Letter

Biographies of Participants and Staff

Conference Agenda

Chronology of Key Events, Rwanda 1990-1994

 

Volume 1

Volume 2 (combined, 260 pages) file size: 12MB

Smaller files for easier download:

 

Conference Publications

Rapporteur's Report

International Decision-Making in the Age of Genocide: Rwanda 1990-1994

Edited and Annotated Conference Transcript

Day 1: Failure to Prevent

Day 2: Failure to Protect

Annex I: Agenda and Participants

Annex II: Documents Referenced

Annex III: People Cited

Annex IV: Acronyms

Conference Interviews

Gen. Roméo Dallaire, UNAMIR Force Commander - Video

Maj. Gen. Henry Anyidoho, UNAMIR - Video

Monique Mujawamariya, Rwandan Human Rights Defender - Video

Ambassador Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian Representative to the United Nations - Video

 

Oral History Interviews



Conference Photos

Photo Gallery



Project Briefing Books

Inside the UN Security Council: April–July 1994
June 2, 2014

Rwanda: The Failure of the Arusha Peace Accords
May 21, 2014

Sitreps Detail Rwanda's Descent into Genocide 1994
April 7, 2014

The Rwandan Refugee Crisis: Before the Genocide
March 31, 2014

The Rwandan Crisis Seen Through the Eyes of France
Part One: The Leadup to the Genocide.
March 20, 2014

Warnings of Catastrophe
French, US, UN, and Belgian Documents Foreshadow the Genocide in Rwanda 1994.
March 6, 2014

The Rwanda Sitreps
Daily Pleas to New York Detail How International Failure Left Peacekeepers Ill-Equipped to Respond to Rising Violence in January 1994
February 3, 2014

The Rwanda "Genocide Fax": What We Know Now
New Documentation Paints Complex Picture of Informant and his Warnings
January 9, 2014



Related Briefing Books

The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994: The Assassination of the Presidents and the Beginning of the "Apocalypse"
April 7, 2004

The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994: Information, Intelligence and the U.S. Response
March 24, 2004

The U.S. and the Genocide in Rwanda 1994: Evidence of Inaction
August 20, 2001

Lessons Learned from U.S. Humanitarian Interventions Abroad
May 9, 2000



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