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...Rwandan border to pave the way for 2,000 more troops whose mission is to stop the massacres in the Central African nation. Controversy swirled around the French effort, as other European allies refused to jump in without a broader, United Nations-sanctioned effort. U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali had stood virtually alone in his support of the initiative, but he was gathering backers late Tuesday. Only Senegal pledged to send troops to join the French, while the Foreign Minister of Italy--the only European power to consider the proposition--warned that white troops would be "torn to shreds...
Calling it "a genocide" last week, U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali angrily lashed out at the hand wringing. For weeks, he has pleaded with more than 30 heads of state but has managed to get firm pledges of men for a Rwandan peacekeeping force from only four African countries. "It is a scandal," Boutros-Ghali said at a New York City press conference. "All of us are responsible for this failure...
Even if the West were willing to help, no one is sure what should be done. "Boutrous-Ghali's outburst was not helpful," says a former U.N. peacekeeping official. "The members have got to get together and figure out what might work." Since the U.N. force was authorized, arguments have continued about what it should do, where the troops should be stationed, what their exact mission would be and how they would exit. U.S. officials question what any peacekeeping force can do unless both of the warring sides in Rwanda agree to a cease-fire...
TIME: U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has called on African nations to supply a peacekeeping force for Rwanda. Will South Africa take part...
Sanctions, the response of choice at the U.N., are widely regarded as useless in this case: Rwanda's economy is already destitute, and people are fighting just to stay alive. As the situation worsens, Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali is looking for about 8,000 troops to send into the country to stop the killing. He has asked the Organization of African Unity to take on the responsibility, but has had no response...