Uganda, April 8 -- On April 7, 1994, 30 years ago, Rwanda exploded into frenzied killings as the United Nations and its peacekeepers watched.

Never was the UN, with its 1945 'never again' slogan, tested on its ability to stop genocidal killings. Rwanda, a tiny spot on the world map, became the victim of UN bureaucracy.

For 100 days, the world watched as over 1 million Rwandans, mostly Tutsis and moderate Hutus, were being exterminated.

General Romeo Dallaire was the man on the ground. In the months leading up to the genocide, the Canadian soldier warned the UN Security Council that Rwanda was about to explode. But, as he said later, the world leaders were too concerned about peacekeeper casualties and would not let him act. Dallaire re...