In 1999, the Gersony figures were published in the work of Alison Des Forges after he had given her a personal briefing.26 She described the figures as the ‘first convincing evidence’ of widespread, systematic killings by the RPF and claimed that the UN suppressed ‘the Gersony report’ by claiming it did not exist.27 Des Forges described how Gersony had spoken to a wider number and variety of witnesses than any other foreigner working in Rwanda during this period. She somehow forgot the UN MILOBS and the peacekeepers of UNAMIR, present in Rwanda in some cases since October 1993, some of whom
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