04179nam 2200733Ia 450 991045233620332120200520144314.00-8014-6512-51-322-50299-40-8014-6518-410.7591/9780801465185(CKB)2550000000100417(OCoLC)797829082(CaPaEBR)ebrary10559184(SSID)ssj0001082916(PQKBManifestationID)12500337(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001082916(PQKBWorkID)11101347(PQKB)10127337(SSID)ssj0000737360(PQKBManifestationID)11378472(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000737360(PQKBWorkID)10784255(PQKB)11167876(MiAaPQ)EBC3138335(OCoLC)1080550070(MdBmJHUP)muse58404(DE-B1597)496456(OCoLC)1041980678(DE-B1597)9780801465185(Au-PeEL)EBL3138335(CaPaEBR)ebr10559184(CaONFJC)MIL681581(OCoLC)922998231(EXLCZ)99255000000010041720031110d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEyewitness to a genocide[electronic resource] the United Nations and Rwanda /Michael BarnettIthaca ;London Cornell University Press20021 online resource (232 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8014-3883-7 0-8014-8867-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. Depraved Indifference? -- 1. It Was a Very Good Year -- 2. Rwanda Through Rose-Colored Glasses -- 3. "If This Is An Easy Operation . . . " -- 4. The Fog of Genocide -- 5. Diplomatic Games -- 6. The Hunt for Moral Responsibility -- Afterword -- Brief Chronology of Rwandan Conflict -- Selected Chronology of United Nations' Security Agenda -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- IndexWhy was the UN a bystander during the Rwandan genocide? Do its sins of omission leave it morally responsible for the hundreds of thousands of dead? Michael Barnett, who worked at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations from 1993 to 1994, covered Rwanda for much of the genocide. Based on his first-hand experiences, archival work, and interviews with many key participants, he reconstructs the history of the UN's involvement in Rwanda. In the weeks leading up to the genocide, the author documents, the UN was increasingly aware or had good reason to suspect that Rwanda was a site of crimes against humanity. Yet it failed to act. In Eyewitness to a Genocide, Barnett argues that its indifference was driven not by incompetence or cynicism but rather by reasoned choices cradled by moral considerations.Employing a novel approach to ethics in practice and in relationship to international organizations, Barnett offers an unsettling possibility: the UN culture recast the ethical commitments of well-intentioned individuals, arresting any duty to aid at the outset of the genocide. Barnett argues that the UN bears some moral responsibility for the genocide. Particularly disturbing is his observation that not only did the UN violate its moral responsibilities, but also that many in New York believed that they were "doing the right thing" as they did so. Barnett addresses the ways in which the Rwandan genocide raises a warning about this age of humanitarianism and concludes by asking whether it is possible to build moral institutions.GenocideRwandaRwandaHistoryCivil War, 1994AtrocitiesRwandaEthnic relationsElectronic books.Genocide967.57104Barnett Michael N.1960-478620MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452336203321Eyewitness to a genocide2488283UNINA