General information

Call No.:

350-3-1:44/1

Part of series

HU OSA 350-3-1 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Africa: Rwanda

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #44 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009757

Date of production

1994

Date

1994

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

29 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

A special program presented by BBC Newsnight designed to reflect upon and dissect the ongoing Rwandan crisis: find the roots of the killing, analyze the international response and its failures, discuss what the UN could and could not deliver, and investigate the agendas which govern the West’s actions in post-colonial Africa. Some of the guests in the program are: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ryan Atwood (America’s Special Envoy to Rwanda), UN’s Assistant General Secretary, a representative of UNHCR in Geneva, as well as Baroness Lynda Chalker joined by Hutus, Tutsis and aid and Africa specialists, including Rakiya Omaar (Director, African Rights). The program is interspersed with reports on Rwanda by BBC reporters.

Context

Associated Names

BBC (Copyright holder, Creator/Author, Producer)