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The shallow graves of Rwanda / Shaharyar M. Khan ; foreword by Mary Robinson.
- Title
- The shallow graves of Rwanda / Shaharyar M. Khan ; foreword by Mary Robinson.
- Author
- Khan, Shaharyar M.
- Publication
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris Publishers, 2000.
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- Description
- xi, 228 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The personal account of the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Rwanda in the mid 1990s.
- This book is a unique account of the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Rwanda in the mid-1990s. Shaharyar M. Khan's tenure began in the immediate aftermath of the downing of President Habarimana's plane on April 6, 1994 and the massacres that followed. Khan details his encounters with soldiers and politicians, victims and survivors, perpetrators of the massacres, and humanitarian relief efforts. This book reveals how the UN works on the ground and at headquarters.--Publisher description.
- Subject
- Khan, Shaharyar M
- United Nations > Rwanda
- United Nations > Peacekeeping forces > Rwanda
- United Nations > Officials and employees > Biography
- Vereinte Nationen Assistance Mission in Rwanda 2
- Nations Unies > Rwanda
- Conference on Disarmament
- 1900-1999
- Tutsi (African people) > Politics and government > Rwanda > 20th century
- Genocide > Rwanda > History > 20th century
- Tutsi (African people) > History > Rwanda > 20th century
- Hutu (African people) > Rwanda > Politics and government > 20th century
- Rwanda > History > Civil War, 1994 > Personal narratives
- Rwanda > History > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- Autobiography
- Personal Narrative
- Autobiographies
- History
- Personal narratives
- Autobiographies.
- Récits personnels.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 220) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Arrival at the Scene of Genocide -- Goma: A Vision of Hell International Community Moves to Justice in Rwanda -- Persuading Refugees to Return Home -- Signs of Tension with UNAMIR -- The Rwandan Government's Retribution -- The UN Secretary General's Visit and its Aftermath -- Attempts to Reconcile Tutsi and Hutu -- The Equipment Issue as UNAMIR Prepares to Leave.
- ISBN
- 1860646166
- LCCN
- 2001267501 ^
- OCLC
- 45741200
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library