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Dallaire supervised the implementation of the Arusha Accords during this period of time. The Arusha Accords were going to be used to put some Tutsis into power.
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In late 1993, Romeo Dallaire was commissioned to lead the UNIMAR group into Rwanda, trying to settle civil disputes between the Tutsi and Hutu people.
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The timeline span from the start of the Rwandan Genocide, to the end of Romeo Dallaire's career.
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Romeo Dallaire learns that a French air carrier arrived in Kigali loaded with weapons and other munitions that would be used for the following genocide. Though he pleaded to the UN, he was not allowed to confiscate the weapons.
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Romeo Dallaire suffered a major loss when most of his troops (Belgian) were pulled out from the situation in Rwanda. Thus leaving Dallaire to to fend off the enemy with only a few ill-trained soldiers.
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Dallaire gains control of a second sanction; UNAMIR II with over 5500 troops in response to the French plan of taking over portions of the country.
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After a few months of serious and traumatizing battle, the genocide in Rwanda finally came to a close with the help of Romeo Dallaire. He helped save over 32, 000 people of various races.
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Romeo Dallaire was appointed as an Officer of the Legion of Merits. This is the highest award that can be given to a foreign official; he got it for his work in Rwanda.
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As a whole, in the beginning of 2002, he recieved the Aegis Trust Award and on October 10th of the same year, he got inducted as an Officer in the Order of Canada.
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Dallaire wrote a book about dealing with with the Rwandan Genocide and the aftermath. It was awarded the Governor-General's Literary Award.
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After his work in Rwanda, he was awarded the National Order of Quebec and the Aegis Award for Genocide Prevention due to his public speaking about the atrocities linked to it.
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Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson awarded Dallaire the Pearson Medal of Peace.
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Was awarded the Doctorate of Humane Letters by the Queens College of the City university of New York for his work in Rwanda and for speaking out against genocide.
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Dallaire recieved the Human Security Award from the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs at the University of California, Irvine.
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Planted a tree at the Kofi Anna International Peacekeeping Training Center in Accra, Ghana on an invitation of Commandant, Major-General John Atippoe.
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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Pugwash Peace Exchange, Romeo Dallaire accepted Sir joseph Rotblat's Nobel Peace Prize.
