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... One such terrifying description is as follows:
A few weeks earlier, in Bukavu, Zaire, in the giant market of a refugee camp that was home to many Rwandan Hutu militiamen, I had watched a man butchering a cow with a machete. ... Of course they agreed to this resolution that states in Article I: “The contracting parties confirm that genocide, where committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish. ... (Documentary, The Triumph of Evil)
Now let’s take a look at a very different public health crisis, the blockade of food and medicines from Cuba from 1964 through present day. ...
Peter Schwab discussed the dramatic significance this blockade has on not only Cuba but the entire world in his 1999 book, Cuba: Confronting the US Embargo:
A blockade that affects the health and, thus, the very lives of Cubans is not nearly as obvious and dramatic as a Bay of Pigs invasion or a Cuban Missile Crisis, but it is results are as dire, perhaps even more so, because like real tragedy it is ongoing… …Beyond the anti-Cuban rhetoric emanating from Washington exists a brutal and vicious campaign that the U. ... Americans may be susceptible to anticommunist bombast, but they are a moral people who would, if they knew the details, be repulsed by the effects of a crusade against health care by which no Cuban is untouched and almost all are harmed. ...
After defining the two events is very clear that both can be defined as a public health crisis; however, these definitions come from two very different standpoints. ... One could even go as far as suggesting that the United States choice not to trade food and health supplies with Cuba is an act of genocide because it somewhat fall under certain guidelines established by the General Assembly resolution 260A. ...
While one can see that there was no clear reward for the United Nations getting involved in the Rwandan Genocide, despite the disgustingly sick fact that there would need to be some sort of advantage before the United Nations would intervene.
Approximate Word count = 1732
Approximate Pages = 6.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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