The United States analysis of its vital interests test resulted in its deciding against participating in the UN peacekeeping operation proposed to end the 1994 Rwandan genocide . Richard A Clarke , chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Security Group at the National Security Council , also recommended to Madeleine Albright , then US Ambassador to the United Nations , that the UN withdraw its peacekeeping forces from the country during that crisis
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Presidential Decision Directive 25