Liberia Genocides
HOW DID THE WORLD RESPOND TO LIBERIAN GENOCIDE?11/13/14
Children and adults with physical mutilation, women raped and over 250,000 people died In Liberian Genocide. But How did the world respond to this genocide?
- The United States, played a central role in the Liberian catastrophe.Liberia had an historic relationship with them and had been a useful Cold War helper, and they were unwilling to oppose any regime that came to power in the Liberian capital, Monrovia.The United States decided to support the 1980 coup of an obscure Liberian army master sergeant, Samuel K. Doe, and, subsequently, to bolster Doe’s corrupt and chaotic dictatorship for the decade that it lasted, led ineluctably to the disaster of the civil war.
- The UK agreed to imprison Charles Taylor after he was convicted at the Hague of a horrifying campaign of rape, murder and terrorism that cost tens of thousands of lives in Sierra Leone.
- The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) was established by Security Council resolution 1509 (2003) of 19 September 2003 to support the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and the peace process; protect United Nations staff, facilities and civilians; support humanitarian and human rights activities; as well as assist in national security reform, including national police training and formation of a new, restructured military.
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James Slack for the Daily Mail. "Genocide Warlord Claims His Right to a Family Life: Mass Killer Serving 50 Years in UK Jail Takes Britain to Court." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 19 June 2014. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.
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"Life of Obscene Luxury Is Over: Brutal Warlord Sentenced to 50 Years in Jail for War Crimes." Mirror. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.
James Slack for the Daily Mail. "Genocide Warlord Claims His Right to a Family Life: Mass Killer Serving 50 Years in UK Jail Takes Britain to Court." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 19 June 2014. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.
"United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)." UN News Center. UN, n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.
"First Liberian Civil War." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Nov. 2014. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.
"Life of Obscene Luxury Is Over: Brutal Warlord Sentenced to 50 Years in Jail for War Crimes." Mirror. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.