30 years after Rwandan genocide, Roméo Dallaire feels 'rage' amid global crises

Roméo Dallaire led the UN's peacekeeping mission when more than 800,000 Rwandans — most of them Tutsis and moderate Hutus — were slaughtered by the Rwandan military and Hutu militia. Thirty years after the genocide, Dallaire criticized world leaders for seemingly not learning from past atrocities and not going 'beyond the talk' to intervene. Dallaire, who was also a senator, said Canada has 'lost that extraordinary position' of an innovator and reliable actor when it comes to international diplomacy.

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