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ACRONYMS
ADFL
CDR
CIA
CNDD
DIP
DoD
DSP
ex-FAR
FAZ
ICRC
Interahamwe
MNF
MRND
NGO
NSC
PRM
RDR
RPA
RPF
RTLMC
SRSG
SURB
UNAMIR
UNDP
UNHCHR
UNHCR
UNICEF
USAID
WFP
ZCSC
Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Liberation du Congo
Coalition pour la Défense de la Republique. Extremist party during Habyarimana’s
regime that had a key role in the genocide
Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.)
Conseil National pour la Defénse de la Démocratie (Burundi)
Division of International Protection (UNHCR)
Department of Defense (U.S.)
Division Speciale Présidentielle. Elite force in the Zairian army
Ex-Forces Armées Rwandaises. Former Rwandan Armed Forces under late
President Habyarimana
Forces Armées Zairoises
International Committee of the Red Cross
Means “those who work together”. Civilian militia of MRND, during
Habyarimana’s regime. Had a key role in the genocide. Another militia, called
Impuzamugambi, was organised by the CDR
Multinational Force
Mouvement Revolutionnaire National pour le Développement et la Démocratie.
Habyarimana’s party
Nongovernmental Organization
National Security Council (U.S.)
Population, Refugee, and Migration Bureau (U.S. State Department)
Rassemblement pour le Retour et la Démocratie
Rwandan Patriotic Army
Rwandan Patriotic Front
Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines (Rwanda)
Special Representative of the Secretary-General (U.N.)
Special Unit for Rwanda and Burundi. Set up within UNHCR Geneva as focal point
for the crisis in the Great Lakes region
United Nations Assistance Mission to Rwanda
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations Children’s Fund
United States Agency for International Development
World Food Programme
Zairian Camp Security Contingent. Deployed in eastern Zaire to improve security in
refugee camps
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