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One of the so called failures of the UN is its inability to prevent Conflicts

One of the so called failures of the UN is its inability to prevent conflicts but in reality the majority of these conflicts arise as a result of deep rooted ethnic political and ideological tensions which cannot even be resolved through bilateral diplomatic efforts as exemplified in the Arab Israeli conflict Western Sahara and the disputed region of Kashmir This reflects unrealistic expectations of the UN as an actor However although the deepness of the conflict affects the success of the peacemaking operations as structural realism supports main goal and interest of the member states constrain the effectiveness of these operations during conflicts In Rwanda case structural realism fits the nature of the conflict with its self help system principle and untrustable anarchic system concept As structural realism argues Rwanda unfortunately did not draw interests of international organizations and developed states Therefore peacemaking operations remained ineffective and genocide couldn t be precluded Because of being a poor country in terms of resources Rwanda couldn t attract the post colonial powers attention and the country which was divided into different ethnic groups by them post colonial powers for some political reasons couldn t be rescued by them again unfortunately Brief Overview of Historical Background of the Genocide In the late 1800 s Rwanda became the target of European colonialism when a German nobleman declared to the Rwandan King that the East Africa is now under control of Germany 



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