International Education Office
Zinta Konrad
Coordinator

Berg Instructional Center (IC), Room 3116
(630) 942-3079
Fax: (630) 858-1603

For more information,
e-mail
konrad@cdnet.cod.edu

International Education

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Past Programs in this Series

2004
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May/June
October
Nov.

2003
Jan./Feb.
April
May
June
October
November

2002
October
November

January 2005 Program
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The United Nations in Crisis: Where are the Middle Powers?

With Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire

What parallels can be drawn between Rwanda and Darfur in Sudan? Another round of civil war erupted in Darfur in February 2003. It is estimated that more than 70,000 have been killed since March. Untold numbers of women have been raped, over 1.45 million people have been displaced, and more than 200,000 refugees have fled to Chad, all in dire need of food, water and shelter. Are the United Nations and its agencies, the African Union, and Western countries doing everything possible to stop the bloodshed? Should NATO and the middle countries like Germany and Canada send troops?

Lt. Gen. Dallaire was the Canadian force commander of the U.N. Assistance Mission for Rwanda in 1994. He believed that his assignment was to bring peace to warring parties. Instead, he witnessed one of the most brutal displays of genocide in recent history, resulting in the slaughter of more than 800,000 Rwandans in 100 days. With only a few troops at his command, he was able to rescue thousands, but his call for more support from the U.N. fell on deaf ears. He is currently a Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. His book, Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, will be available for purchase and signing.


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Monday, Jan. 24, 2005
7 to 9 p.m.
Jack H. Turner Conference Center
Student Resource Center (SRC), Room 2800
College of DuPage
425 Fawell Blvd.
Glen Ellyn, IL