Review and Analysis Contribution of Religious, National, Racial and Ethnic Groupings to the Rwandan Genocide. For an event of this magnitude, it would seem that little is actually known in the West; however, the estimates of the massacres of Tutsis by Hutus in Rwanda range from 500,000 to 1 million during the period April 6, 1994, when the genocide began, and the following July, when the Rwandese Patriotic Front's defeat of the Hutus ended the killing (Gourevitch 1998)
I exhibit my amour de soi when I seek shelter and sustenance, defend myself against threats, or flee from danger" (Martin). This definition serves as a partial explanation for the actions of the Hutus, who largely believed that by killing their rival Tutsi -- who had controlled much of Rwanda for several years despite their status as a minority of the ethnicities represented within the country (Lemarchand) -- that they were effecting their own self-preservation
The influence of the latter of these terms on the action of the Hutus in Rwanda is fairly evident, since amour de soi is generally regarded as "concern with an organism's self-preservation. I exhibit my amour de soi when I seek shelter and sustenance, defend myself against threats, or flee from danger" (Martin)
Romeo Dallaire's mission in Rwanda was to evaluate a peace agreement between the Hutus and Tutsis, which were two warring ethnic groups (Shiffman, 2008). He was the commander of the UN Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda (UNOMUR), which was to evaluate the border between Uganda and Rwanda to ensure no military help was being provided across the border (Grunfeld & Huijboom, 2007, p
Secondly, the decision by the United Nations to limit its engagement with Rwanda to the Arusha Accord was a demonstration of how the world turned its back on Rwanda during the genocide. Romeo Dallaire's mission in Rwanda was to evaluate a peace agreement between the Hutus and Tutsis, which were two warring ethnic groups (Shiffman, 2008)