- The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
- About the Editors
- Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: The United Nations and Peacekeeping
- Trends in Peace Operations, 1947–2013
- Peacekeeping and International Law
- The United Nations’ Inter-organizational Relations in Peacekeeping
- Peace Operations and Humanitarian Interventions
- Evaluating Peace Operations
- Introduction: Post-Cold War Peacekeeping: 1988–1998
- United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan (UNGOMAP)
- United Nations Iran–Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG)
- United Nations Angola Verification Mission I (UNAVEM I)
- United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG)
- United Nations Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA)
- United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM)
- United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
- United Nations Angola Verification Missions II and III (UNAVEM II and III)
- United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL)
- United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC)
- United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR—Croatia)
- United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR—Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)
- United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I)
- United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ)
- United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL)
- United Nations Observer Mission Uganda–Rwanda (UNOMUR) and United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda I (UNAMIR I)
- United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda II (UNAMIR II)
- United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group (UNASOG)
- United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT)
- United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP—Macedonia)
- United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH)
- United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) and UN Civilian Police Support Group in Croatia (UNPSG)
- United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP)
- United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH)
- United Nations Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH)
- United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA)
- United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH)
- United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH)
- United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL)
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
This chapter focuses on the second United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR II), a peacekeeping mission created by the UN Security Council in May 1994 in an attempt to stop the massacres of civilians and to provide humanitarian aid to genocide victims in Rwanda. UNAMIR II helped to establish law and order, transport prisoners and refugees, and facilitate the distribution of humanitarian aid. From November 1994, the mission also provided security for staff of the newly created International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). After providing an overview of the civil war and genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda, the chapter outlines UNAMIR II’s mandate and evaluates its operational achievements and failures, along with the lessons that can be learned from its experience.
Keywords: peacekeeping, UN Security Council, humanitarian aid, Rwanda, civil war, genocide, Tutsi
Linda Melvern is a widely published investigative journalist and author. She is an Honorary Professor in the Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. A consultant to the Military One prosecution team at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, part of her archive of documents is used to show the planning and progress of the 1994 genocide. Linda Melvern has written six books of non-fiction and is widely published in the British press and academic journals. She is the second vice-President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars.
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- The Oxford Handbook of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
- About the Editors
- Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: The United Nations and Peacekeeping
- Trends in Peace Operations, 1947–2013
- Peacekeeping and International Law
- The United Nations’ Inter-organizational Relations in Peacekeeping
- Peace Operations and Humanitarian Interventions
- Evaluating Peace Operations
- Introduction: Post-Cold War Peacekeeping: 1988–1998
- United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan (UNGOMAP)
- United Nations Iran–Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG)
- United Nations Angola Verification Mission I (UNAVEM I)
- United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG)
- United Nations Observer Group in Central America (ONUCA)
- United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM)
- United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
- United Nations Angola Verification Missions II and III (UNAVEM II and III)
- United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL)
- United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC)
- United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR—Croatia)
- United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR—Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)
- United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I)
- United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ)
- United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL)
- United Nations Observer Mission Uganda–Rwanda (UNOMUR) and United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda I (UNAMIR I)
- United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda II (UNAMIR II)
- United Nations Aouzou Strip Observer Group (UNASOG)
- United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT)
- United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP—Macedonia)
- United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH)
- United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) and UN Civilian Police Support Group in Croatia (UNPSG)
- United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP)
- United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH)
- United Nations Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH)
- United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA)
- United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH)
- United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH)
- United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA)
- United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL)
- Index