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We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

- Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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Di Yugoslavia, saya juga meminta pasukan tambahan. Saya bahkan pergi menemui perdana menteri Prancis, dan saya mengusulkan pasukan tambahan ... Tidak ada yang ingin mengirim pasukan.

The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today.

For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.

When you have an accident, they will save their own people, and those who have worked with you or with the NGOs are left. Unfortunately, this happens always. It is not an excuse at all.

Genosida di Afrika belum mendapat perhatian yang sama dengan genosida di Eropa atau genosida di Turki atau genosida di belahan dunia lain. Masih ada jenis diskriminasi mendasar terhadap orang Afrika dan masalah Afrika.

The fact that you had disruptions in the peace process was not only in Rwanda. We had the same problem in Cambodia, we had the same problem in Mozambique, we had the same problem in Salvador.

I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.

So this is why I'm always say happy that somebody mentions Rwanda, because behind Rwanda, we have Africa.

But I believe that the DPKO at this time was very much involved with American administration and was acting, taking on consideration the demand or the recommendation of the American administration. American administration was very powerful.

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We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.