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Operation Turquoise

French-led military operation in Rwanda authorised by the Security Council on 22 June 1994.

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Dates
22 Jun 1994 – 21 Aug 1994
Place
Rwanda
Wikidata
Q1433226

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  • French government led the operation Primary record 1
  • Goma French command post Primary record 2
  • Bisesero where French troops found survivors in June 1994 Primary record 2

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Timeline 1 date
  1. 22 Jun 1994 – 21 Aug 1994 Operation Turquoise
Proof 2 sources
  1. Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda (S/1999/1257) [the UN PDF is an image scan; quoted text is taken from the copy of the UN web page archived at phdn.org/archives/www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/documents/RwandaReport1.htm (Parts I to V)], United Nations, 15 Dec 1999. Primary record
    France sought a resolution under Chapter VII "as a legal framework for their intervention."
    the Council adopted resolution 929 (1994), the vote resulting in 10 votes in favour and 5 abstentions (Brazil, China, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan).
  2. France, Rwanda and the Tutsi Genocide (1990-1994): Report submitted to the President of the Republic on 26 March 2021 (English translation; the French version is the reference), Research Commission on the French archives related to Rwanda and the Tutsi genocide, 26 Mar 2021. Primary record
    On 27 June, information reached the French command in Goma, and then quickly the COIA (center for joint operations) in Paris
    The Bisesero massacres perpetrated by extremist Hutu militias against Tutsi civilians taking refuge on a hillside took place at the time of the first deployments in Rwanda in the framework of Operation Turquoise.
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