Roméo Antonius Dallaire , ( born June 25 , 1946 ) is a Canadian humanitarian , author , statesman and retired senator and general . Dallaire served as Force Commander of UNAMIR , the ill-fated United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda between 1993 and 1994 , and attempted to stop the genocide that was being waged by Hutu extremists against the Tutsi people and Hutu moderates . Dallaire founded The Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative , to help prevent the recruitment and use of child soldiers . He is a Senior Fellow at the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies ( MIGS ) and Co-Director of the Will to Intervene Project which published a policy recommendation report , " Mobilizing the Will to Intervene : Leadership and Action to Prevent Mass Atrocities "
the genocide
Rwandan genocide
Roméo Dallaire