UNAMIR
Proper noun
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UNAMIR
Acronym of United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda.
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Thus when President Habyarimana's plane was shot down on April 6 and the organized killing of Tutsi and moderate Hutu political figures began in Kigali, UNAMIR was ill-equipped to deal with the problem.
UNAMIR (United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda) soldiers, mainly from Africa, offer the refugees and internally displaced a free ride home under military escort, enough rations for a month and some basic farm tools, but few are taking up the offer.
The UN mission (UNAMIR), created in October 1993 to keep the peace and assist the governmental transition in Rwanda, sought to intervene between the killers and civilians.
This is the area where Rwandan soldiers suddenly refused UNAMIR to enter during the day on 6 April.
Within two weeks, the UN Security Council voted to reduce UNAMIR to a token presence, removing the last impediment to the slaughter.