UN Core values vs Rwnda genocide

In the Rwandan genocide many international laws were broken; and most of the human rights laws were broken. In the Rwandan genocide, the UN did not act upon their core values. Because of the respect of national sovereignty, a million lives were lost. In the Rwandan genocide, the UN did not intervene. To fully understand the lack of the world and the UN’s reaction to the genocide, one must first examine the UN’s beliefs and core values. The UN implements international law. It attempts to maintain peace and works as an organization where nations come together and discuss in peace. The UN aims to protect human rights as well. In the UN’s preamble, it states:

“we the peoples of the United Nations determined

to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and

to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained.”

In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights it states: “Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms.”
By neglecting to maintain either peace around the world or neglecting to preserve the human rights laws, the UN is going against everything it stands for, making it completely ineffective. When a rule is broken, especially one of human life, action must be taken.