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- initialism United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
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Examples
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The massacre prompted the withdrawal of the UNAMIR Belgian contingent in the days that followed.
Georgianne Nienaber: Remembering The Rwandan Genocide 15 Years Later (SLIDESHOW) 2009
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After the withdrawal of the Belgian troops, the UN Security Council drastically reduced the number of UNAMIR personnel in Rwanda, setting the stage for 100 days of bloodshed to follow. '
Georgianne Nienaber: Remembering The Rwandan Genocide 15 Years Later (SLIDESHOW) 2009
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During that night and through to the morning of April 7, General Romeo Dallaire, then commander of UNAMIR, frantically engaged in dialogue with the Forces Armees Rwandaises.
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Fifteen years ago UNAMIR troops were stationed at a school -- the Ecole Technique Officielle, a site where over 5,000 people were massacred when UNAMIR troops refused to use their weapons to protect those who were huddled in the school.
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UNAMIR served as the military and legal force behind the Prime Minister of Rwanda.
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UNAMIR was set up at the end of 1993 as part of a peace agreement between the Hutu-dominated government of Rwanda and the Tutsi rebels operating out of Uganda.
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Seeing the situation in Rwanda deteriorating rapidly, Dallaire pleaded for logistical support and reinforcements of 2,000 soldiers for UNAMIR; he estimated that a total of 4,000 well-equipped troops would give the UN enough leverage to put an end to the killings.
Shooting The Messenger Lindsay Stewart 2008
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The Security Council voted to reduce UNAMIR further to 260 troopscitation needed.
Shooting The Messenger Lindsay Stewart 2008
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The horror was made worse by the fact that the world had already sent a peacekeeping mission, UNAMIR (United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda), to Rwanda.
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UNAMIR was unable to function as a cohesive mission.
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