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A/S : Rwanda

Card Number 357

Number
357
Date
19 juillet 1994
Ymd
19940719
Title
A/S : Rwanda
Pages
463-465
Extracted from
MIP, Annexes, pp. 463-465
File name
MinAffEtDAMnote19juillet1994.pdf
Size
71559 bytes
Pages nb.
2
Source
Quai d'Orsay
Public records
MIP
Type
Note
Language
FR
Abstract
In this note from the Directorate of African and Malagasy Affairs at the Quai d'Orsay announcing the departure to Zaire of the Rwandan interim government which had taken refuge in the Humanitarian Zone created during Operation Turquoise, it is said that "following a contact with our mission in New York, the current representative of Rwanda, Mr. Bizimana, said he was ready to give up informally to sit on the Security Council. He could announce it quickly to the President of the Council".
Comment
If it were needed, here is the written proof that this representation of the Rwandan interim government on the Security Council was kept at arm's length by French diplomacy. In particular, on June 16, 1994, a note from the Quai d'Orsay asked its representation at the UN "to approach Mr. Bizimana confidentially to make him understand that we expect him not to intervene in discussions in the Council".