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To US Mission to the United Nations, New York: Talking points on UNAMIR withdrawal
Card Number 19653
Number
19653
Author
Christopher, Warren
Date
April 15, 1994
Ymd
19940415
Title
To US Mission to the United Nations, New York: Talking points on UNAMIR withdrawal
Cote
099440
File name
Size
185226 bytes
Pages nb.
4
Source
Public records
Type
Document diplomatique, TD
Language
EN
Abstract
The American government is in favor of the total withdrawal of UNAMIR.
Comment
This telegram conveys State Department directives to the US Mission to the UN in New York, instructing US diplomats that "the international community must give the highest priority to the complete and orderly withdrawal of all UNAMIR personnel as soon as possible". Stating that this withdrawal does not require a UN Security Council resolution, which would likely have drawn international criticism, the Department informed the mission that "we will oppose any effort to maintain a UNAMIR presence in Rwanda". Aware that the UN Security Council was in favor of withdrawal, the interim government, informed by its ambassador to the UN, met in Kigali and decided to carry the program of extermination to the rest of the country.