ABSTRACT
The Arusha Peace Agreement of 4 August 1993—designed to end three years of civil war in Rwanda—envisaged a major role for the United Nations in implementing the Accords. A twenty-two-month transitional period was to begin with the formation of a transitional government and a multiparty National Assembly, leading to national elections to be held by the end of 1995. To help monitor the process and maintain security in the transition period, the Security Council authorized on 5 October 1993 a UN Assistance Mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR). A UN observation force established in June 1993 to monitor the border between Rwanda and Uganda was folded into UNAMIR, although it remained an autonomous body that kept its original mandate. The stand-by rooster was an improvement by giving the Secretariat a clearer overview of troops and equipment potentially available. Yet stand-by arrangements do not guarantee that member states actually will commit troops.
