Canadian Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire was the recipient of the inaugural Aegis Award , for his efforts as UN Force Commander in Rwanda to prevent or curtail the Rwandan genocide of 1994 , despite being ordered by his superiors on three occasions to withdraw . The Award was presented to the General by Rt . Hon. Peter Hain MP , then Minister of State for Foreign Affairs ( UK ) , at Westminster Central Hall in London - symbolic as the venue for the very first General Assembly of the United Nations in 1946
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
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