Gazing in the Congo (DRC): the dark heart of Africa (2006-2017)

[Stan]

As a longterm Zaire/Congo guy, you learn that you essentially have two choices in dealing with this region:

a. Start optimistic

b. Start cynical

Tom,

b.1. Remain skeptical throughout and avoid the "probabilistic approach" known in diplo speak as “Incorporated Uncertainty Without Personal and/or Visual Observation(s). No, that’s not an acronym

And with that, and now this...I fall squarely under answers b. and b.1. !
UN has ‘moral duty’ to act on lessons of Rwanda – Ban Ki-moon

April 2008 – The United Nations has a “moral duty” to act on the lessons of Rwanda and bolster efforts to prevent another genocide, Ban Ki-moon said in a message marking the fourteenth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.

I have created the full-time position of Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide and appointed a Special Adviser with a focus on the responsibility to protect -- the obligation accepted by all States to act collectively, through the Security Council, when a population is threatened with genocide, ethnic cleansing or crimes against humanity.

This Special Adviser has his work cut out for him already !

Regards, Stan