President Habyarimana was shot down while trying to land at Kanombe International Airport. Following negotiations between the officials of the UNAMIR (United Nations Mission for assistance in Rwanda), the Rwandan military officials and those of the five political parties that had participated in the Government since April 16, 1992, a new Government was set up in place. It will be better known as the Rwandan Interim Government. The leaders of the MDR party proposed Jerome C. Bicamumpaka for the portfolio of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, as the Political Bureau had done two months earlier. This is how he entered the government, in a chaotic environment of war, massacres of civilians and paralysis of all political and administrative organs of the Rwandan state. The Rwandan Interim Government had received from the five political parties that made it up, a threefold mission, namely: To ensure the effective management of state affairs, with particular emphasis on the rapid restoration of order and the security of persons and property; To continue discussions with the RPF for the establishment of the institutions of the broad-based transition, within a period not exceeding six weeks; and finally, To tackle energetically the problem of food shortage by seeking ways and means to help the disaster-stricken populations of certain prefectures and those displaced by war. The legitimacy of the Rwandan Interim Government could not be questioned as some people close to the RPF are still trying to do more than twenty-seven years after its establishment. In fact, not only did its establishment comply with the laws of Rwanda, as well as all the protocols signed between the Government of Rwanda and the RPF, during the Arusha negotiations, but also this legitimacy was recognized by the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, on May 25, 1994, in New York. Bicamumpaka was sworn in as Minister on April 9, 1994. The investiture ceremony took place at the Hôtel des Diplomates. As part of his ministerial responsibilities, he decides to meet urgently the ambassadors of different countries accredited to Rwanda. These are mainly those from the following countries: The Kingdom of Belgium, France, the United States of America, the Holy See and those responsible for UNAMIR. Having made contact with these ambassadors, their meeting is scheduled for the afternoon of April 9, 1994, at their respective residences. The objective pursued by Bicamumpaka for these meetings was to call on