The International Response to the Rwandan Genocide – a Failure
of Humanity  April 22, 2004 // 4:00pm5:30pm Event Co-sponsors: 
Canada Institute  "Are all humans human or are some humans more
human than others?" General Dallaire began his speech by posing
this provocative, haunting question. He followed on with the
point and question: In the context of the fact that 80 percent
of humanity is living in absolute poverty with no hope and no
dignity, can we say that humanity is advancing? Dallaire answers
this second question with an unqualified No. He warns that if
the developed world continues to view this 80 percent as a
residual, as a problem, they will become more and more impatient
and enraged, and as a result, the developed world will either
find itself desperate to stabilize this population, or will find
itself with more 9/11s. According to Dallaire, we are far more
vulnerable today than we were during the Cold War and until we
look at the complete problem—until we bring this 80 percent into
the rest of hu