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Nadine Gordon

UWRT-1103-023

18 April 2017

How Can We End Genocide?

We are in the 21st century and many thing have changed. Genocide is one thing

that hasnt change. It is still happening pretty much all over the world. It is a shame that the

world allows genocide to continue. We havent learned from history. We learned about the

horrible genocide during the Holocaust and thought it would be the last but many genocides

happened after that and many still happen today.

The UN, who mission is to stop genocide, but it failed as we can see in Rwanda and

Bosnia. The UN is made up of different country and the disagreement and division among the

leaders make it hard for them to work together. Many countries do not want to send their troops

to fight with the UN forces. For example, in Rwanda only Belgium sent in troops and the force

was not strong enough to stop the fighting between Hutu and Titus. The mission failed horribly .

The main countries that do not get alone in the UN are America and Russia. Russia and

the US are probably two of the strongest and most powerful nations. They want to difference

thing. Russia does not really care about genocide. They even committed it themselves by trying

to take over Ukraine. Russia is doing things the way it wants and not really working with the UN

or US. The Cold War never really ended as it is still happening today. The UN and the world

would not be wrong to blame US and Russia for letting genocide happening. Russia and US have

the most power in the UN, having veto power and

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Burma also known as Myanmar is still facing genocide but it is not widely known. It is a

secret genocide since many do not know about it. The Karen people are one of the many ethnic

minorities in Burma. They live amidst ruby mines and valuable teak forests in Burma. Karen

National Liberation Army has fought a desperate war against the military junta. The army consist

of 7000 ill-equipped men resisting against over 100,000 Burmese soldiers, a one-sided fight. It is

a war forgotten by all. Civil war in Burma started after Burma gained independence from Britain

in 1948 and it is the worlds longest civil war. The Burmese army focuses attacks on civilians.

Soldiers loot, rape, execute, torture and burn the whole village. There are more than 300,000

Karen refugees in the mountains on Thai border. No humanitarian organization is allowed in the

region and Thai border police does the best as it can to stop them from crossing the border. The

world just watches and does nothing about it.

Another country still facing genocide is is Sudan. In the year 2015 marks , Sudans

President Omar al-Bashir and his militia have caused more bloodshed in Darfur. The genocidal

war that has already claimed the lives of some 400,000 people, and displaced nearly three

million, is witnessing a new and devastating stage. The United Nations and African Union

Mission in Darfur (Unamid) have failed miserably to protect them. With international bodies

turning away, and rebel groups elsewhere, the Janjaweed have moved in for the kill. But there

are economic factors at play too. Sudan lost 75% of its oil revenue after the separation of South

Sudan, and is suffering enormous economic difficulties. Rich in oil, gold and minerals, Darfur

presents an opportunity to Bashirs government who are keen to empty these resources. The UN

failed again just like it failed in Rwanda and Bosnia.

Acting too slow let genocide rise too. ISIS could have been stopped before it became as

powerful as it is. The World just watched as they murdered people and did nothing about it. The
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world acted too slow and ISIS killed thousands and took a lot of territory. The World finally

acted but it was hard to stop them. United Nations needs to respond faster in order to stop

genocide. United Nations is too weak and it need to have more power in order to reduce or stop

genocide.

Genocide happens in less developed countries with many different ethnicities and

religions. The people where genocide occur are poor and powerless. They cannot do anything to

fight against it. The people need to be educated and fight back in a non-violent way. The world

needs to know more about genocide and needs to put more pressure on genocide countries. Since

genocide is caused by the government it is hard to stop from inside affected countries so

outsiders need to step in to stop it.

The World need to do more about North Korea. The government have full control over

the country. Very is known about them from outsider. It genocide it own people and control and

treat them like slave. The bad part is that the government do it without fearing pressure from

outsider. Other countries and UN does nothing. They are building nuclear and we do not know

what they going to do with it. The world need to put more pressure on China and other country

that is helping North Korea.

Since genocide are done by the government, it is hard to stop from inside the country. UN

and other counties need to punish country that does genocide to it people. Un need to help them

solved it and get involved. The world need to do more than just watch or talked about it. Action

is need. Genocide never die until today and the world need to stop it. The world must unite and

fight genocide together. If the world is not united against fighting genocide then it will counties.
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Web Reference

Adam, Ahmed H. "Why Is the World Blind to the Fresh Threat of Genocide in Darfur?" The
Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 16 Jan. 2015. Web. 19 Mar. 2017.

http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2015/07/un-still-cant-stop-genocide/117409/

Burma: A Secret Genocide. Films Media Group, 2008, fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?

wID=149262&xtid=51942. Accessed 17 Mar. 2017.