Good work, Kofi
World News • December 2008 • Views: 366
The informant described a major weapons cache, which Dallaire said he planned to raid in the next 36 hours.
Kofi Annan, then head of the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations, was concerned about the safety of Dallaire’s limited U.N. force. Annan’s office told Dallaire: “We cannot agree to the operation contemplated … as it clearly goes beyond the mandate.”
Dallaire tried to change Annan’s mind, repeatedly exchanging faxes with New York through the rest of January and into February.