Ethnic Divide Between the Hutus and The Tutsis

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Before UNAMIR had been launched there was a lack of information surrounding Rwanda. In a precursor to the mission, Dallaire looked for intelligence regarding the small landlocked country in Africa, what he could find came from newspaper accounts, and scholarly articles. He learned of the social and political climate, which stemmed from an ethnic divide between the Hutus and Tutsis. This was the only information Dallaire along with Brent Beardsley had gathered, it was not until they met with Isoa Tikoka, a United Nations military observer who had been at the Arusha peace agreement negotiations, that they learned of his existence and could have used his help to gather more insightful and current information. Information regarding the state of human rights in the country had been available in New York at the UN but Dallaire and the rest of his team learned nothing until they had landed in Rwanda. The lack of sharing between departments in the UN had prevented Dallaire from learning about Rwanda, if this was not an issue, possible alternatives could have been taken into consideration in the planning of UNAMIR and Dallaire might have been prepared for what was yet to come. English was the mission language in UNAMIR as is usual in UN peacekeeping missions, and even though Rwanda is a francophone country, English was set to be used. Dallaire had recommended French for UNAMIR in his technical report. He was turned down by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), the reason being they would not be able to find enough French-speaking civilian personnel to staff the mission. This resulted in language barriers, where a majority of the soldiers spoke little to no French and English was also a second language to most. On April 7, Majo...

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