was personally thanked by the Polish President Lech Wałęsa, who honored him with the Cross of Merit for Bravery. Steć dedicated this cross to all volunteers who stayed with UNAMIR and especially to General Dallaire, "whose courage and leadership kept us going despite the lack of support from the international community". In 2005, Steć was invited to a special showing of Hotel Rwanda in The Hague. After the film, which portrays the peacekeepers as ineffectual, there was a panel discussion during which Steć was publicly blamed for not having done enough to save Rwandan lives. Steć fell ill after the viewing. He stopped eating despite intervention by psychiatrists who had treated soldiers from the Dutch UN battalion in Srebrenica, and subsequently died due to complications from posttraumatic stress disorder in September 2005. In the 2007 Canadian drama feature film Shake Hands with the Devil Steć is played by Mark Antony Krupa. References Rwandan genocide United Nations military personnel Polish Army officers 1964 births 2005 deaths Polish officials of the United Nations