Sad Reflections

[Graham Durant-Law]

I’ve been reflecting on military career of over 30 years. One of the highlights (and low-lights) was my deployment to Rwanda in 1994 and 1995. For all who served in Rwanda it was a harrowing experience, which changed our perceptions of humanity forever. Just to give the event some perspective, the Boxing Day Tsunami killed about 400,000 people in two or three continents, and was a natural disaster. Rwanda is two thirds the size of Tasmania and about 800,000 people were murdered in the space of little over a month!

Any way I don’t wish to dwell on it. What I do want to do is make available for historical reasons the report I wrote in 1995 whilst in Rwanda , because learning the lessons matters. For those who want a shorter version you may care to view this presentation , which has a focus on operational ethics.



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