MANDATORY UNITED NATIONS
SECURITY COUNCIL ARMS
EMBARGO ON RWANDA IS OF
PARAMOUNT NECESSITY: September 1, 2013 16:55 Opinion A general and complete UNSC
arms embargo on all deliveries
of weapons and military
equipment to Rwanda is the
ideal remedy to save millions of
innocent civilians in Rwanda, DRC and Rwandan's neighboring
countries. A mandatory arms
embargo on Rwanda is the only
viable alternative to coerce
Rwanda to change its behavior
in the interest of international peace, security and deter
General Paul Kagame's acts of
aggression on Congo. First, Rwanda has terrorized
Congo for close to two decades.
The United Nations Mapping
report confirmed that Paul
Kagame and his army have
committed horrific war crimes, crimes against humanity and
possibly genocide in Congo
( Kagame killed a record 6
million people in Congo). Paul
Kagame trains, arms and
commands M23 "rebels" in Congo. General Kagame through
his M23 "rebels" has caused
unimaginable suffering and
horrible death of civilians – the
worst tragedy ever – in Africa. Second, General Paul Kagame
announced his intention and
military capacity to destabilize
Tanzania – an icon and "island"
of stability and peace in an
otherwise volatile region characterized by civil and/or
ethnic wars and crimes of
international concern. It is
alleged that Gen. Kagame
deployed about 300 well
trained and equipped assassins to Tanzania for the sole purpose
of destabilizing and terrorizing
Tanzania. Kagame has promised
to "hit" (assassinate) President
Kikwete of Tanzania. This threat
is real; Kagame has so far assassinated four sitting
Presidents ( Ndadaye of Burundi
( R.I.P), President Kabila Desire
of Congo (R.I.P) , President
Habyarimana of Rwanda (R.I.P)
and President Ntaryamira of Burundi (R.I.P). Third, Kagame had assassinated
innumerable Rwandan refugees
in Uganda, Kenya, Congo,
Tanzania, Burundi, Mozambique,
Zambia, and South Africa among
other African nations. The United Kingdom and Swedish
police issued warnings over
threats of Kagame's assassins to
the Rwandan refugees living in
United Kingdom and Sweden. A
South African Court is trying an "attempted murder" case of a
former Rwandan Military
General who fled Kagame's
government. All the suspects are
Rwanda's military operatives. Four, Kagame's army is fighting,
injurying and killing UN
Peacekeepers in North Kivu. There is compelling evidence
that Rwanda under General Paul
Kagame poses very serious
threat to international peace.
Rwanda has breached
international peace and Rwanda has committed acts of
aggression against a sovereign
nation, DRC. The United Nations
Security council should impose
general and complete
mandatory arms embargo on Rwanda under Chapter V11
Article 41 of the United Nations
Charter. Charles Kambanda Professor Charles KAMBANDA, Dip.Phil., BA., LLB., MA.ETPM.,
MBA., MA.HRTs., LLM, PhD is a
Public Policy Analyst and
International Human Rights
Lawyer and law professor at St.
John's University Law School, LLM Center, New York, US.
Professor Kambanda, a former
member of Kagame's ruling
Rwandan Patriotic Front party,
is also involved in research on
Rwanda's ongoing social and political conflict. He can be
reached at kambacha@
yahoo.com