The Effects Of Ignorance By Developed Nations On The...

THE EFFECT OF IGNORANCE BY DEVELOPED NATIONS ON THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE A Study in History, Lee Ann Yates, Advisor By Sheetal Chakka 00837-0097 13 August 2015 Sheetal Chakka Lee Ann Yates IB Extended Essay 13 August 2015 The Effect of Ignorance by Developed Nations on the Rwandan Genocide The year 1994. A poor, east African country. A fractured government entering a period of drastic turmoil. It was truly the perfect, ideal setting for the biggest genocide in history since that of World War II, the Rwandan Genocide. Much of the earlier genocides, such as both the First and Second World Wars, occurred mainly in Europe with great reliance on rich, powerful, developed countries for material aid, weapon aid, and soldiers. However, the mass extermination that occurred in the former Belgian colony of Rwanda had little to no assistance from developed countries, even those who had the obligation to help. This horror that engulfed Rwanda began in the city of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda and was fought between the days of 7 April 1994, when the airplane of Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana was shot down above the Kigali Airport, thus causing his death, and 15 July 1994. The crash was followed over the next three months by a series of events whose speed and ferocity taced t o the utmost the attempts of the international community to respond. By the time of the official end of the mass murder, the Interahamwe militia was able to take the lives of 70% of theShow MoreRelatedGenocide: The Worst Humanitarian Disaster Essay2655 Words   |  11 PagesGenocide: The Worst Humanitarian Disaster I am not a refugee. I am a white, middle-class, female American. I am a student at a public high school in the suburbs. My country is not being torn apart by genocide. My parents haven’t been killed. My government does not rape me. My family does not live in a tent in the middle of the desert. My community does not get by on a $1.00 per week for food, but my desires and passions connect to those who do. There are hundreds of us spread out on the lawnRead More Myth of Propaganda in the Balkans and Rwanda Essay6707 Words   |  27 PagesMass Manipulation and Genocide: The Myth of Propaganda in the Balkans and Rwanda War and conquest have been among the most enduring traits of humankind throughout the ages. While we would all like to believe that we are, by nature, a peaceful species, we still understand there are some things worth fighting for, and given the appropriate context, there are some things worth killing for. As reasoning beings, we hope that if violence is the only option it is for a clear and legitimate purpose.Read MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pagesmuch more intensely connected by new communications technologies, state-sponsored programs to achieve autarky, a global epidemic of ethnic strife, uncontrolled urban growth, and the dissolution of extended family ties in many societies divided nations and communities and isolated individuals to an extent unparalleled in recorded human history. For teachers, in particular, the challenge of weaving together in meaningful ways the seemingly disparate strands of global history in the twentieth century