The people of Rwanda included primarily peasant Hutus and the aristocratic Tutsis. There were also the marginalized pygmoid Twa. The Arusha Accords established a Broad-Based Transitional Government (BBTG) that included the insurgent Rwandese Patriotic Front (primarily Tutsi) with the five political parties that had composed a temporary government since April 1992 in anticipation of general elections. The Accords also negotiated points considered necessary for lasting peace: the rule of law, repatriation of refugees both from fighting and from power sharing agreements, and the merging of government and rebel armies.
The Rwandese Patriotic Front was granted participation in the national assembly on the condition that they sign a code of conduct. The Accords also provided for establishment of a military composed of sixty percent government troops and forty percent from the Rwandan Political Front.
It was agreed that the transitional government and national assembly would be established no more than thirty-seven days after the signing of the Accords. The transitional period was limited to twenty-two months, after which general elections would be held.
The delegations signed the protocol on October 3, 1993, and President Habyarimana and RPF president Alexis Kanyarengwe signed the following day.
On October 5, 1993, two days after the signing of the Accords, the United Nations Security Council commissioned Resolution 872 (1993) which established the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its objective was assistance in and supervision of implementation of the Arusha Accords. The initial UN presence was 2,548 military personnel, largely Belgian soldiers. The head of the mission was Jacques-Roger Booh-Booh of Cameroon, and its Force Commander was Canadian Major-General Roméo Dallaire.
On April 6, 1994 the airplane of Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira (also a Hutu) was shot down as it flew towards the Kigali airport. Responsibility for the attack is a matter of contention, with both the Hutu extremists and the RPF under suspicion. The assassination was ultimately the trigger for the Rwandan Genocide. Soldiers of UNAMIR were present before, during, and after the violence. The escalation of the hostilities was understood by the mission's commanders, but the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council could not decide whether to intervene or not.
The people of Rwanda included primarily peasant Hutus and the aristocratic Tutsis. There were also the marginalized pygmoid Twa. The Arusha Accords established a Broad-Based Transitional Government (BBTG) that included the insurgent Rwandese Patriotic Front (primarily Tutsi) with the five political parties that had composed a temporary government since April 1992 in anticipation of general elections. The Accords also negotiated points considered necessary for lasting peace: the rule of law, repatriation of refugees both from fighting and from power sharing agreements, and the merging of government and rebel armies.
The Rwandese Patriotic Front was granted participation in the national assembly on the condition that they sign a code of conduct. The Accords also provided for establishment of a military composed of sixty percent government troops and forty percent from the Rwandan Political Front.
It was agreed that the transitional government and national assembly would be established no more than thirty-seven days after the signing of the Accords. The transitional period was limited to twenty-two months, after which general elections would be held.
The delegations signed the protocol on October 3, 1993, and President Habyarimana and RPF president Alexis Kanyarengwe signed the following day.
On October 5, 1993, two days after the signing of the Accords, the United Nations Security Council commissioned Resolution 872 (1993) which established the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its objective was assistance in and supervision of implementation of the Arusha Accords. The initial UN presence was 2,548 military personnel, largely Belgian soldiers. The head of the mission was Jacques-Roger Booh-Booh of Cameroon, and its Force Commander was Canadian Major-General Roméo Dallaire.
On April 6, 1994 the airplane of Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira (also a Hutu) was shot down as it flew towards the Kigali airport. Responsibility for the attack is a matter of contention, with both the Hutu extremists and the RPF under suspicion. The assassination was ultimately the trigger for the Rwandan Genocide. Soldiers of UNAMIR were present before, during, and after the violence. The escalation of the hostilities was understood by the mission's commanders, but the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council could not decide whether to intervene or not.
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