How does the world community, and particularly the United Nations, deal with genocide? "The Shallow Graves of Rwanda" is an account of the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Rwanda in the mid-1990s. Shaharyar M. Khan's tenure began in the immediate aftermath of the downing of President Habarimana's plane on 6 April 1994 and the massacres that followed. Khan details his encounters with the region's leading actors - Rwanda's soldiers and politicians, victims and survivors, as well as some of the perpetrators of ...
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How does the world community, and particularly the United Nations, deal with genocide? "The Shallow Graves of Rwanda" is an account of the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Rwanda in the mid-1990s. Shaharyar M. Khan's tenure began in the immediate aftermath of the downing of President Habarimana's plane on 6 April 1994 and the massacres that followed. Khan details his encounters with the region's leading actors - Rwanda's soldiers and politicians, victims and survivors, as well as some of the perpetrators of the massacres. He also dealt with people involved in international relief and humanitarian relief efforts, trying to revive the stricken villages and towns and tackle the floods of refugees and orphaned children. Setting everyday events in Rwanda against the backdrop of international politics, this book reveals how the UN works on the ground and at headquarters and explores the problems of peacekeeping. The author backs up his conclusions on the phenomenon and nature of genocide with documentary evidence and shows how the lessons of Rwanda can provide valuable guidance for the future.
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Very good in Good jacket. xii, 228 pages. Foreword by Mary Robinson. List of Illustrations. List of Acronyms. Map of Rwanda. Bibliography. Index. DJ has some wear, tears and sticker residue. Publisher's ephemera laid in. Shaharyar Mohammad Khan (born 12 March 1934) is a former career Pakistan diplomat who became Foreign Secretary of Pakistan in 1990, and remained so until his retirement from service in 1994. He later served as UN SRSG to Rwanda (1994-1996). Since August 1999, he has intermittently served as the chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board. In his retirement, Shaharyar Khan has written a number of books. The Begums of Bhopal is a history of the princely state of Bhopal. [citation needed] The Shallow Graves of Rwanda is an eye-witness account of his two-year stay in a country ravaged by what some might call genocide. Cricket-a Bridge of Peace, about India-Pakistan relations, is his third book. The Rwandan genocide was a mass slaughter of Tutsi, Twa, and moderate Hutu in Rwanda, which took place between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. Most historians agree that a genocide against the Tutsi had been planned for at least a year. The assassination of Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana on 6 April 1994 created a power vacuum and ended peace accords. Genocidal killings began the following day when soldiers, police, and militia executed key Tutsi and moderate Hutu military and political leaders. This book is a unique account of the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Rwanda in the mid-1990s. Shaharyar M. Khan's tenure began in the immediate aftermath of the downing of President Habarimana's plane on April 6, 1994 and the massacres that followed. Khan details his encounters with soldiers and politicians, victims and survivors, perpetrators of the massacres, and humanitarian relief efforts.
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8pp photoplates. Minor rubbing. A small ink mark to top page-edges. VG. xii, 228, (8)pp, 24x15cm, Foreword by Mary Robinson. Contents: June-July 1994: Arrival at the Scene of Genocide; July-August 1994: Goma: A Vision of Hell; August-September 1994: The International Community Moves to Justice in Rwanda; October-December 1994: Persuading Refugees to Return Home; January-April 1995: Signs of Tensiobn with UNAMIR; April-June 1995: The Rwandan Government's Retribution; July-September 1995: The UN Secretary General's Visit & Its Aftermath; Septencer-November 1995: Attempts to Reconcile Tutsi & Hutu; December 1995-April 1996: The Equipment Issue as UNAMIR Prepares to Leave; The UN and Rwanda: What Went Wrong? Lessons Drawn from Peace-Keeping in Rwanda.
