Shake Hands With the Devil (94 page)

armed attacks on, 166

commander of, 99, 156, 209

contract workers, 270

cost of mission, 174

failure of, 6

guards mounted at homes, 161, 212, 230, 242–3

legal adviser's absence, 112, 173

lobbying for, 84–6

and mandate, 96, 160

mission profile, 102, 106, 110, 172–3, 196–7

naming of, 92

non-paper, 358–9

option analysis, 354

protection sought of, 165, 243, 259–60, 263–4, 284, 288–99, 316

reduced force of, 331–2

reports, 131–2, 166–7, 208

to withdraw, 293–6, 307, 312–13, 319–20

United Nations, 519–20

headquarters, 48

UN
Civilian Police Division, 159, 189

UN
Commission on Human Rights, 380, 419

UN
culture, 52, 147

UN
Department of Humanitarian Affairs.
See
humanitarian aid

UN
Department of Peacekeeping Operations (
DPKO
), 44, 48–51.
See also
triumvirate of
DPKO

reports to, 208, 271–1n, 307, 319, 394

UN
Department of Political Affairs (
DPA
), 51

UN
Economic Commission for Africa, 78

UN
Field Operations Division (
FOD
), 59, 207

UNHCR
(United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), 48, 74, 114, 493–4

UN
Human Rights Commission's Special Session on Rwanda, 395

UNICEF
(United Nations Children's Fund), 48

UN
missions, 49

UNOMUR
(United Nations Observer Mission in Uganda and Rwanda).
See also
UNAMIR
(United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda)

beginnings of, 43–4, 46

commander of, 86, 92

fact-finding mission, 55, 58, 74–6

head of mission, 56, 61–2, 77–8

“reasonable viable option,” 75–6, 82

Rwandan delegation in support of, 83–4

technical report, 81–3, 89, 159

Uganda's signing of, 91

weapons shipments, 201

UN
Rwanda Emergency Office (
UNREO
), 337

UN
Security Council, 48

approval of
UNOMUR
, 52

and French mission, 436–7

and future of mission, 208–9, 212

the Permanent Five, 512

Resolution 909, 219–20

Resolution 912, 322–3

Resolution 918, 374

Resolution 925, 391, 412

Resolution 929, 436

Resolution 935, 454

Rwanda seat on, 145, 195

support of
UNAMIR
, 298, 301, 351–2, 372

United States

American
APC
s, 468

apathy of, 518

commitment to
UNAMIR
, 498–9

informed of extremist agenda, 148

opinion of mission, 76, 84, 169, 208–9, 372–2n

and
RTLM
, 375

State Department and Pentagon at odds, 489–90

White House Press Statement Concerning Rwanda, 471–2

U.S. Joint Task Force (
JTF
) to Africa

arrival of, 488–90

and Kigali airport, 485–6

plans for, 487–8, 497–9

U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College (Virginia), 34–5, 156

U.S. Marines, 283

Université de Montréal, 61

Université Laval, 61

Uruguayan contingent, 423–6, 429–9n

Uwilingiyimana, Agathe “Madame Agathe”

appeal for calm, 189–90

assassinated, 245–6, 248, 268

attendance at flag-raising, 104

description of, 60

guards mounted at home of, 161, 230, 240, 258

hostage taking, 187

political impasse, 194

successor, 221, 224, 227

Uytterhoeven, General, 182, 184–5

Valcartier.
See
5ième Régiment d'artillerie légère du Canada

value of a life, 499, 513, 522

Vandoos.
See
Royal 22ième Régiment (Vandoos)

van Putten, Captain Robert, 218, 244–7, 255–6

Vermeassen, Catherine (mother), 11–12, 14

Vietnam, 19, 35

violent demonstrations, 141

les Voltigeurs de Québec, 31

war brides, 11

War Measures Act, 24, 60

war preparation, 164–5

Washington Post
, 323, 487

weapons caches, 122, 143–4, 173

in
MRND
headquarters, 150

raiding of, 146–7

work ethic

in colleagues, 45, 59, 118

in high school, 15–16

of military leaders, 35, 107–8

workaholics, 37

working groups, 100

World Bank, 74, 174

World Food Programme, 411–12

Yaache, Colonel Clayton, 217, 309, 337, 350, 396, 442

Zaire, 465–6, 469–71

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