Transcript The United States Foreign Policy for Genocide By: James Wilkins Genocide  n.

The United States Foreign
Policy for Genocide
By: James Wilkins
Genocide
 n. The systematic
and planned
extermination of an
entire national,
racial, political, or
ethnic group.
 n. the deliberate and
systematic
destruction of a
racial, political, or
cultural group
 n . systematic killing
20th Century Genocide
 1992- 1995: Bosnia- Herzegovina- 200,000
deaths
 1994: Rwanda- 800,000 deaths
 1938- 1945: Holocaust- 6,000,000 deaths
Bosnia- Herzegovina
What the US Did.
 The Serbs in Bosnia were
confident that the U.N., United
States and the European
Community would not take
militarily action, so they freely
committed genocide to the
Muslims.
 August 30, 1995 U.S. finally led a
massive NATO bombing
campaign in response to the
killings at Srebrenica
 President George Bush chose not
to get involved militarily
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Rwanda
What the U.S Did.
 Nothing
 The United Nations peace
keepers consisted of United
States, France, Belgium, and
Italy
 Ten of the soldiers from
Belgium were captured by the
Hutus, tortured and
killed, so they all began
evacuating their own
personnel from Rwanda.
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Holocaust
What the U.S Did.
 When the United States
noticed that Germany
were becoming too
powerful they reacted.
 They took too long to
react.
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The Proper Foreign Policy
 The foreign policy that the United States
should take is when there are signs that there
are a connection to mass killings in a country,
they should react. The U.S. waited too long in
the time of the holocaust and the BosniaHerzegovina genocide. In the Rwandan
genocide they didn’t do anything.
Current Status of Genocide
Background Information
 Recently their were signs of a genocide in
Darfur, Sudan. Reporters were quick to label this
as being a genocide. On the Website labeled (1)
it says
“1.2 million people have been displaced from their homes in Sudan while at least 200,000 have
fled to neighboring Chad. As many as 405 villages have been destroyed and and more than 100
others significantly damaged. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports at
least 50,000 people have died as a result of the conflict between government-backed Arab
militias and Africans in western Sudan.
This conflict have been going on since the
1970s. The dispute between these two are over
the resources in Darfur.
Current Status of Genocide
What's Happening?
 There are Arabian militia backed by the
government is killing the Africans living in
Darfur. The Arabians are even raping and
killing the refugees.
Current Status of Genocide
What the U.S is or could be Doing.
 On July 22, 2004 the United States House of
Representatives and the Senate declared the
events in Darfur a genocide. The United States
are helping the refugees of Darfur. Some
reporters think that the United States could stop
this in Darfur by taking a stronger role in
stopping further altercations.
Current Status of Genocide
What the U.S is or could be Doing.
Cont.
 Some things they could do is freeze of
assets and sanctions against those who
have committed crimes of genocide. The
United States could get involved by
sending support relief groups to Darfur.
The United States current foreign policy
for the for genocide has to be determined
from past experiences. History shows that
America have been a little too late with
assisting others with Genocide.
What the U.S should do about
the genocide in Darfur
 The United States should continue the
their involvement in Darfur. In a couple of
months or so if it starts to get worse then
we need to bring in troops. We have to act
soon and cautious because casualties are
the last thing that America needs right
now.
Other Countries
 I noticed that when I posted my questions about
genocide only three of the schools knew what
genocide was. In Togo and Brazil they thought
that the United States should of got involved in
the genocide in Rwanda. Also that they should
be involved in preventing all genocides. The
country in Germany believed that the United
States did the right thing in not being involved in
the Rwandan genocide.
Activity
Bibliography
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