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Institute Public Meeting

On the Spot in Rwanda
The Challenge to Diplomats and Journalists in Reporting the Genocide

A cemetery in Nyanza-Rebero, Rwanda, where genocide victims are buried. Courtesy: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Date:
Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Time:
10:00 AM–Noon

Location:
U.S. Institute of Peace
1200 17th St., NW
Washington, D.C.

Directions

It has been ten years since the genocide in Rwanda, which saw its most intensive slaughter in the spring of 1994. In light of the 10-year anniversary of the tragic events in Rwanda, on April 14 the Institute hosted a special roundtable discussion with three journalists and three diplomats who were on the ground in Kigali and in the region at the time. Moderated by Michael Southwick, former Institute Africa specialist and then deputy chief of mission to the U.S. Embassy in Kenya, the session featured discussion of the multiple challenges faced by journalists in their efforts to obtain and report the story as it unfolded and the role of American diplomats in the region to shape the response of policymakers. The panel discussion was followed by a general question and answer session moderated by Southwick.

Speakers
(*Note: 1994 Affiliations listed for all speakers)

Panel I

• Alex Belida
  Voice of America*


• Donatella Lorch
  New York Times*


• Jennifer Parmalee
  Washington Post*

Panel II

• Thomas Odom
  U.S. Military Attaché to Rwanda and Zaire*


• David Rawson
  U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda*


• Michael Southwick (Event Moderator)
  Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Kenya*

Publications

Interfaith Dialogue and Peacebuilding
(United States Institute of Peace Press, June 2002)

Responding to War and State Collapse in West Africa
(Special Report, January 2002)

Faith-Based NGOs and International Peacebuilding
(Special Report, October 2001)

Catholic Contributions to International Peace
(Special Report, August 2001)

Peacekeeping in Africa
(Special Report, February 2001)

Rwanda: Accountability for War Crimes and Genocide
(Special Report, January 1995)

The Effects of Violence on Peace Processes
(United States Institute of Peace Press, 2001)

Peoples vs. States: Minorities at Risk in the New Century
(United States Institute of Peace Press, 2000)

Culture and Conflict Resolution
(United States Institute of Peace Press, 1998)

Minorities at Risk: A Global View of Ethnopolitical Conflicts
(United States Institute of Peace Press, 1993)

Assorted Online Resources

Rwanda Web Links
(Library Web Links)

Genocide Convention at Fifty: Web Links
(Library Web Links)

The Power To Protect: Should It Be Exercised?
(Institute Newsbyte, August 2003)

Intervention: Can We Get It Right?
(USIP Presents, February 2002)