The reading in this module will focus on the role of the UN in preventing genocide and mass atrocities. First, we will examine the lessons learned from the UN failure to prevent genocide in Rwanda, by reading:
United Nations Security Council, Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, S/1999/1257, Introduction, pp. 3-5 and Recommendations, pp. 53-59.
Available at: http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/POC%20S19991257.pdf