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La France, qui redoute une catastrophe humanitaire, a obtenu du Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU qu'il exige un cessez-le-feu immédiat
Card Number 36296
Number
36296
Author
Duprat, Florence
Author
Melin, Jean-Louis
Date
15 juillet 1994
Ymd
19940715
Time
07:30:00
Time zone
CEST
Uptitle
Journal de 7 h 30
Title
La France, qui redoute une catastrophe humanitaire, a obtenu du Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU qu'il exige un cessez-le-feu immédiat
Size
16052 bytes
Pages nb.
2
Source
Public records
Type
Transcription d'une émission de télévision
Language
FR
Abstract
- In the gardens of the Élysée Palace, François Mitterrand naturally addressed the situation in Rwanda. The situation is increasingly critical: thousands of civilians are fleeing to the northwest of the country.
- France, fearing a humanitarian catastrophe, obtained a commitment from the UN Security Council to demand an immediate ceasefire.
- It was bursts of Kalashnikov fire that woke the residents of Goma at dawn. A distraught crowd of Rwandans arrived at the Zairian border, pushing back against the border guards.
- The guards opened fire, barrels raised. But nothing could stop the flow of refugees, who prefer the unknown to the country's new rulers.
- They are fleeing before the advance of the RPF, which has taken the town of Ruhengeri, the last town before Gisenyi. The RPF's objective is clear: to reach this city where the Rwandan interim government is located.
- Faced with this new situation, the UN Security Council, petitioned by France, demands an immediate ceasefire without preconditions.
- These men and women were only able to take the bare necessities: straw mattresses and a few sorghum seeds.
- The overwhelmed Zairian authorities are trying to disarm the Rwandans, at least the civilians and the militiamen who are hiding machetes or firearms.
- Here in Goma, the arrival of this human tide is being described as a humanitarian catastrophe. The 150,000 inhabitants of Goma are already living in abject poverty.
- France, fearing a humanitarian catastrophe, obtained a commitment from the UN Security Council to demand an immediate ceasefire.
- It was bursts of Kalashnikov fire that woke the residents of Goma at dawn. A distraught crowd of Rwandans arrived at the Zairian border, pushing back against the border guards.
- The guards opened fire, barrels raised. But nothing could stop the flow of refugees, who prefer the unknown to the country's new rulers.
- They are fleeing before the advance of the RPF, which has taken the town of Ruhengeri, the last town before Gisenyi. The RPF's objective is clear: to reach this city where the Rwandan interim government is located.
- Faced with this new situation, the UN Security Council, petitioned by France, demands an immediate ceasefire without preconditions.
- These men and women were only able to take the bare necessities: straw mattresses and a few sorghum seeds.
- The overwhelmed Zairian authorities are trying to disarm the Rwandans, at least the civilians and the militiamen who are hiding machetes or firearms.
- Here in Goma, the arrival of this human tide is being described as a humanitarian catastrophe. The 150,000 inhabitants of Goma are already living in abject poverty.