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Annex II: Documents Referenced Transcript Annex II Documents Referenced (In chronological order) Date Title Author Cable # 12/09/1948 Convention on the Prevention and UN n/a Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 06/20/1990 The La Baule Speech (1990) François English Mitterrand French 10/15/1990 Analyse de la situation par la population George Martres English d’origine Tutsi French 03/22/1991 Rwandan Cease-fire Accord Johnson Kinshasa 04337 October Definition and Identification of the Enemy Déogratias English 1991 Nsabimana 04/03/1992 The New Government and Peace Robert Flaten Kigali 01400 Negotiations 05/12/1992 A/S Cohen’s Meeting with Representatives Johnnie Carson Kampala of the RPF and the RPA 02581 05/13/1992 Habyarimana Tells Cohen Transition Robert Flaten Kigali 01978 Government Can Govern ca. Chronology of Significant Events: Rwandan US Department of n/a 06/30/1992 Conflict 1990-92 State 07/14/1992 Text of Joint Communique and N’Sele Edmund de Dar es 04011 Amendments Jarnette 08/21/1992 Internal Insecurity: An Ongoing Problem Joyce Leader Kigali 03478 09/21/1992 Letter re: Information to be disseminated Déogratias English Nsabimana 09/30/1992 SC Pressure Building to Approve Rwanda Madeleine Albright USUN 04766 PKO 11/13/1992 Rapport de mission effectuée au Nicaragua James Gasana n/a 11/15/1992 Speech of President Habyarimana During Juvénal n/a the MRND Meeting in Ruhengeri on Habyarimana November 15, 1992 11/16/1992 Rwandan Minister of Defense on Integration Lawrence State 372632 of Forces Eagleburger 11/22/1992 Speech by Léon Mugesera at a Meeting of Léon Mugesera n/a the MRND Held in Kabaya on November 22, 1992 12/16/1992 The Politics of Peace: Internal Dialogue Robert Flaten Kigali 05197 12/24/1992 Arusha V – Negotiators Settle on Cabinet, Peter Jon de Vos Dar es 07326 Move on to Transitional Assembly 12/31/1992 Impasse Again Robert Flaten Kigali 05381 02/15/1993 Multilateral Peacekeeping Operations US National PRD-13 Security Council 03/03/1993 Restricted Council: Wednesday, March 3, Hubert Védrine English 1993 (Notes taken by Hubert Védrine) French 06/16/1993 Compte rendu de la reunion sur les principals UN Development n/a conclusions de la mission d’etude pour l’appui Programme a la demobilization des militaires (UNDP) 08/11/1993 Report by the Special Rapporteur on Bacre Ndiaye E/CN.4/1994 extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary /7/Add.1 executions on his mission to Rwanda 08/26/1993 Salim on Rwanda Marc Allen Baas Addis 05645 08/27/1993 UN Reconnaissance Mission Head Discusses Joyce Leader Kigali 03188 Thoughts on UN Involvement in Rwanda 09/06/1993 7 Nigerian Troops Die in Somalia The New York n/a Times 09/24/1993 Report of the Secretary-General on Rwanda Boutros Boutros- S/26488 Ghali 09/28/1993 Rwanda and Criteria for New UN PKO Madeleine Albright USUN 04735 10/05/1993 UN Security Council Resolution 872 (1993) UN Security S/RES/872 Council 11/19/1993 Operational Directive No 2: Rules of Roméo Dallaire No. 4003.1 Engagement (Interim) 11/20/1993 ICTR Sketch Map of Kiyovu n/a n/a 12/23/1993 Letter dated 23 December 1993 from the A.B. Nyakyi S/26915 Permanent Representative of the United Republic of Tanzania to the UN addressed to the Secretary-General [text of Arusha Peace Agreements] 12/23/1993 Critical Analysis of UNAMIR’s Phase I Joyce Leader Kigali 04551 Operations 01/04/1994 Czech Republic Mission to the UN 1025 Karel Kovanda 1025 01/04/1994 Transition Institutions: Impasse Persists Joyce Leader Kigali 00032 01/11/1994 Request for Protection for Informant Roméo Dallaire MIR 67 01/11/1994 Contacts with Informant Kofi Annan UNAMIR 100 01/12/1994 UN Special Representative Asks for Support David Rawson Kigali 00157 on Security Demarche 01/13/1994 Initiatives Undertaken Relating to Latest Jacques-Roger MIR 95 Security Information Booh-Booh 01/31/1994 Security Situation 31 January 1994 Roméo Dallaire UNAMIR 1000.01 (FC) February RPF Manifesto Seth Sendashonga n/a 1994 02/02/1994 Update on Security Situation and Request Jacques-Roger MIR-256 (sic) for Commencement of Deterrent Operations Booh-Booh Aimed at the Recovery of Illegal Weapons 02/14/1994 Letter from Foreign Minister of Belgium Kofi Annan No 462 02/16/1994 Recovery of Illegal Weapons Kofi Annan UNAMIR 479 02/22/1994 Official – Informal Warren State 044970 Christopher 02/25/1994 Telex Nr 64, from Minafet to Delbelonu Lode Willems Telex Nr 64 03/25/1994 President Habyarimana Received DASD David Rawson Kigali 01323 Irvin, Promised Installation Ceremonies Aborted 03/25/1994 Demarche Request on CDR Participation David Rawson Kigali 01319 03/31/1994 Daily Sitrep Jacques-Roger n/a Booh-Booh 03/28/1994 Efforts to Install the Transitional Jacques-Roger MIR-672 Institutions Booh-Booh 04/07/1994 Sitrep No 015/94 Ahmedou Ould 015/94 Abadallah 04/07/1994 Rwanda Kofi Annan No. 990 04/08/1994 Sitrep No 017/94 Ahmedou Ould 017/94 Abadallah 04/09/1994 Situation Report No. 12 Mark Kennon, n/a Arlene Render 04/09/1994 Situation Report as of 6:00 EDT, 04/09/94 Warren State 094421 Christopher 04/09/1994 Status of Monique Mujawamariya, Human Madeleine Albright USUN 01470 Rights Activist 04/10/1994 Situation Report No. 21 Arlene Render, n/a Carol Rodley 04/10/1994 Situation Report No. 24 Arlene Render, n/a Carol Rodley 04/11/1994 Rwanda Evacuation: 11 April, 1800 Aurelea Brazeal Nairobi 06462 04/11/1994 Belgian Foreign Minister Reports Six Alan Blinken Brussels Belgian Civilians Killed in Rwanda 04061 04/11/1994 Kigali Livre a la Fureur des Tueurs Hutus Jean-Philippe n/a (Libération) Ceppi 04/12/1994 Rebels advance as Kigali slaughter goes on Catherine Bond n/a (The Times (London)) 04/12/1994 A Request for Rescue by Madam Monique Roméo Dallaire n/a and Related Issues in Kigali in the Aftermath of the Plane Crash that Killed the President 04/12/1994 Communique issued by the Command of the Rwandan n/a Forces Armées Rwandaises Government Forces 04/12/1994 Future UNAMIR and French Roles in Madeleine Albright USUN 01503 Rwanda 04/12/1994 Colonel Blames Right Wing Military for Aurelea Brazeal Nairobi Kigali’s Nightmare 06551 04/13/1994 Security Council: Rwanda Colin Keating No. 2430 04/13/1994 Czech Republic Mission to the UN 2498 Karel Kovanda 2498 04/13/1994 Letter to the President of the Security Boutros Boutros- n/a Council Ghali 04/13/1994 Situation Report No. 37 Arlene Render, n/a Carol Rodley 04/14/1994 My Two IPTs: Rwanda David Hannay Telno 1342 04/14/1994 Final Part of Two [see second part of David Hannay Telno 1340 document] 04/14/1994 Approach to UN Secretariat on UNAMIR Warren State 098085 Christopher 04/14/1994 French Guns, Rwandan Blood (New York Frank Smyth n/a Times) 04/14/1994 Concept and Plan for Options for Retention Roméo Dallaire n/a of UNAMIR 04/15/1994 Your Telno 548: Rwanda David Hannay Telno 1364 04/15/1994 UN Recommendations to be Acted Upon Madeleine Albright USUN 01581 4/15 04/15/1994 Letter from the Permanent Representative Paul Noterdaeme n/a of Belgium to the United Nations Addressed to the President of the Security Council 04/15/1994 Rwanda Monitoring Group US Department of n/a State 04/16/1994 My Telno 1364 and Your Telno 557: David Hannay Telno 1374 Rwanda 04/16/1994 Security Council at Impasse on UNAMIR’s Madeleine Albright USUN 01607 Future 04/19/1994 UNAMIR Kofi Annan No. 1194 04/19/1994 A Life Saved (The Washington Post) Alison Des Forges n/a 04/20/1994 Department Tells RPF to Stop the Fighting Warren State 104015 Now Christopher 04/21/1994 UN Security Council Resolution 912 (1994) UN Security S/RES/912 Council 04/21/1994 My Telno 1410: Rwanda David Hannay Telno 1434 04/21/1994 Letter from Monique Mujawamariya to Monique n/a President Clinton Mujawamariya 04/22/1994 Rwandan Human Rights Defender Monique Madeleine Albright USUN 01696 Mujawamariya Meets with Albright 04/23/1994 Department Condemns Rwandan Threats Warren State 108057 Against Human Rights Activist Monique Christopher Mujawamariya 04/24/1994 Arusha Peace Talks Jacques-Roger MIR 830 Booh-Booh 04/25/1994 Security Council: Rwanda Colin Keating C04362 04/26/1994 Meeting with Rwandan Human Rights Strobe Talbott State 110049 Activist 04/28/1994 Security Council consultations Kofi Annan UNAMIR 1351 04/29/1994 Czech Republic Mission to the UN 2721 Karel Kovanda 2721 04/30/1994 Security Council Adopts Presidential Madeleine Albright USUN 01820 Statement on Rwanda, April 30 04/30/1994 Statement by the Political Bureau of the Claude Dusaidi, n/a Rwandese Patriotic Front on the Proposed Gerald Gahima Deployment of a UN Intervention Force in Rwanda 04/30/1994 Security Council: Rwanda Colin Keating n/a 04/30/1994 Next Steps on Rwanda – April 29 Madeleine Albright USUN 01817 04/30/1994 Statement by the President of the Security Colin Keating S/PRST/ Council 1994/21 05/03/1994 US Policy on Reforming Multilateral Peace US National PDD-25 Operations Security Council 05/05/1994 Proposed Future Mandate and Force Roméo Dallaire MIR-907 Structure of UNAMIR 05/06/1994 Security Council: Rwanda Colin Keating C04428 05/09/1994 Rwanda Kofi Annan No. 1516 05/11/1994 Informal consultations on the ‘non-paper’ Kofi Annan UNAMIR 1584 05/12/1994 Consultations on the Deployment of the Claude Dusaidi, n/a Proposed UN Force in Rwanda Gerald Gahima 05/16/1994 Rapport de visite fait auprès de la maison Ephrem n/a militaire de cooperation à Paris Rwabalinda 05/17/1994 UN Security Council Resolution 918 (1994) UN Security S/RES/918 Council 05/17/1994 Security Council: Rwanda Colin Keating No.
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