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La position de la France et la responsabilité de notre pays sont maintenant dénoncées par les rebelles mais aussi par beaucoup de diplomates
Card Number 28920
Number
28920
Author
Pernaut, Jean-Pierre
Author
Jacquemin, Marine
Author
Froissart, Thierry
Author
Nakad, Nahida
Date
26 mai 1994
Ymd
19940526
Time
13:00:00
Time zone
CEST
Uptitle
Journal de 13 heures [3:40]
Title
La position de la France et la responsabilité de notre pays sont maintenant dénoncées par les rebelles mais aussi par beaucoup de diplomates
Subtitle
Les accusations sont sévères : le Président Habyarimana, ami personnel de François Mitterrand, a bénéficié d'un soutien jugé immodéré.
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14325313 bytes
Source
Public records
Type
Journal télévisé
Language
FR
Abstract
- The UN Human Rights Commission opens an official investigation into the massacres in Rwanda. The UN estimates the death toll at 500,000 and its Secretary General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, himself speaks of failure and scandal.
- In Kigali the fighting continues. The International Red Cross hospital is the only one still functioning after the bombing of the hospital center. But it is to be targeted twice in a row, as if the belligerents wanted to scare away the last witnesses.
- It is in this context of very violent fighting that the special envoy of Boutros Boutros-Ghali is trying to obtain from the two parties a truce and an endorsement for the planned deployment of the 5,500 peacekeepers in Rwanda.
- Those who have been called the rebels in Rwanda for several weeks, in fact the armed opposition to the provisional government, are now attacking France. France's position and the responsibility of our country are now also denounced by many diplomats.
- The accusations are severe: President Habyarimana, a personal friend of François Mitterrand, has benefited from support deemed excessive. Thanks in particular to French aid, the strength of the government army increased from 6,000 to 40,000 men. In 1990, France intervened militarily to crush a Tutsi rebellion.
- France is also accused of having favored the flight of dignitaries responsible for the massacres of Tutsi. The President's widow confirms having been taken immediately to France but denies the evacuation of other political figures.
- It is because of this policy considered partisan of France that the RPF today refused the presence of French soldiers in the UN intervention force. The Quai d'Orsay denies these accusations and affirms that its sole aim is to promote a political solution and to stop the massacres in Rwanda.
- In Kigali the fighting continues. The International Red Cross hospital is the only one still functioning after the bombing of the hospital center. But it is to be targeted twice in a row, as if the belligerents wanted to scare away the last witnesses.
- It is in this context of very violent fighting that the special envoy of Boutros Boutros-Ghali is trying to obtain from the two parties a truce and an endorsement for the planned deployment of the 5,500 peacekeepers in Rwanda.
- Those who have been called the rebels in Rwanda for several weeks, in fact the armed opposition to the provisional government, are now attacking France. France's position and the responsibility of our country are now also denounced by many diplomats.
- The accusations are severe: President Habyarimana, a personal friend of François Mitterrand, has benefited from support deemed excessive. Thanks in particular to French aid, the strength of the government army increased from 6,000 to 40,000 men. In 1990, France intervened militarily to crush a Tutsi rebellion.
- France is also accused of having favored the flight of dignitaries responsible for the massacres of Tutsi. The President's widow confirms having been taken immediately to France but denies the evacuation of other political figures.
- It is because of this policy considered partisan of France that the RPF today refused the presence of French soldiers in the UN intervention force. The Quai d'Orsay denies these accusations and affirms that its sole aim is to promote a political solution and to stop the massacres in Rwanda.