Concluding+Thoughts

=Concluding Thoughts=

The duty to prevent genocide dates back to the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust. Despite conventions laid out by the United Nations concerning the duty to prevent genocide, successful implementation of the duty to prevent has not been guaranteed throughout history following the events of World War II.

The following UNICEF video contains sentiments expressing the importance of the duty to prevent, specifically in commemoration of the events that unfolded in Rwanda: media type="youtube" key="OkiDOcvAvdo" width="425" height="350"

It is important for the international community to back its words with action in order to prevent genocide. Much of the difficulty in the peace process in Darfur stems from the rebel groups' distrust of ceasefires enforced by the international community. The international community brokered multiple cease fires early on in the conflict, but did not effectively enforce them and violence continued. The international community must take care to only promise what it actually can deliver in terms of security or its risks losing credibility and damaging its mission. Also, steps must be taken to correct the UN's policy of only deploying peacekeepers to countries that do not oppose their deployment. Considering most genocide is state sponsored, a process must be developed to deploy peacekeepers in situations where a state rejects peacekeepers because it is complicit in genocide.

//"It is very kind to send us food, but this is Africa and we are used to being hungry. What I ask is that you please take the guns away from the people who are killing us."//

-A Young Girl Whose Village in Darfur was Burned By the Janjaweed