Two weeks after the genocide of the Tutsi began, in a report on 20 April, the UN secretary-general, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, reflected the views of the Interim Government and blamed ‘unruly’ members of the Presidential Guard. He insisted that the most urgent task was a ceasefire and that both sides were equally responsible for killing. The secretary-general remained determined to pursue a ceasefire, and three weeks after the genocide began, on 29 April, he continued to blame the massacres on uncontrolled military personnel and groups of civilians taking advantage of the breakdown of law and
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