What is United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda?
{{Infobox civilian attack | title = Part of the Rwandan genocide | image = Nyamata Memorial Site 13.jpg{{!}}border | image_size = 300px | caption = Human skulls at the Nyamata Genocide Memorial | location = [[Rwanda]] | target = [[Tutsi]] population and some non-extremist [[Hutu]]s | date = 7 April {{spaced ndash}}15 July 1994 | type = [[Genocide]], [[mass murder]], mass [[rape]] | fatalities = At least 800,000<ref name=un/> | perps = [[Hutu]]-led government, [[Interahamwe]] and [[Impuzamugambi]] [[militia]]s }}The '''United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda''' ('''UNAMIR''') was created by the [[United Nations Security Council]] in October 1993. This was just after the end of the [[Rwandan Civil War]]. UNAMIR's [[goal]]s were to help put a [[peace]] agreement into place, [[wikt:monitor|monitor]] how well it was going, and support the new government. However, on April 7, 1994, while UNAMIR was in [[Rwanda]], the [[Rwandan genocide]] started. The genocide lasted 100 days. During that time, 800,000 people were killed; 2 million became [[refugee]]s in other countries; another two million had to run away to different parts of Rwanda; and up to 250,000 women were [[rape]]d. The UNAMIR ended in March 1996. Since the genocide, the United Nations has admitted that they [[wikt:fail|failed]] to [[wikt:prevent|prevent]] the Rwandan genocide. ==Overview of the genocide== {{Main|Rwandan genocide}} In a [[genocide]], many or all people in a group are killed because of their [[ethnic group|ethnicity]], [[religion]], or [[politics|political opinions]]. In the Rwandan genocide, members of an [[ethnic group]] called the [[Tutsi]] (''abatutsi'') were killed because of their ethnicity. The killers were [[extremism|extremist]] members of another [[ethnic group]] called the [[Hutu]] (''abahutu''). The Hutu killers also killed other Hutus whose political beliefs were not as extreme as theirs. In 1994, almost all [[Rwanda]]n people (85%) were Hutus.<ref name=un/> However, for many y