The film Blood Diamond was released in 2006 to an accurate representation of the civil war, which lasted in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2002. After the film there was a rebel group called the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), which are determined by the Government of Sierra Leone to overthrow. RUF claims to be fighting for the people of Sierra Leone, as they have done in reality in order to create chaos. They managed to kill thousands of their countrymen, tearing apart the country. The RUF has engaged not only recruits for this mission, they have also civilians, including children who are forced. They went from village to village killing people, raping women and burning houses. Most people in the villages were killed, but some have been kidnapped to work in diamond mines and forced to fight with the RUF. Many boys were made to do terrible things under the RUF. The boys were abducted in the rule to see their families die in front of them and were beaten and forced to kill. Since they had met at such a young age, they were easy to handle and are essentially brainwashing cold-blooded killers. This war was essentially made possible by and found the diamonds exported by the RUF in exchange for weapons and money to continue their attacks against the government. This civil war raises many ethical questions that the international community must face.
The terrible situation that occurred in Sierra Leone should not be coming back on. The world as a whole has an obligation to recognize the problem and make every effort to ensure that nothing like this never happen again guaranteed. It was noted that sometimes a correlation between a nation’s dependence on natural resource exports and civil war. “Resources are plundered, such as diamonds and drugs are more non-separatist conflicts that are difficult to resolve even started. Create” (Ross, P.441) The international community has an obligation to pay a lot of what they buy and to whom. Particular attention should be paid to the state of the states where you purchased the item. plundered resources defined as resources that can be easily obtained by persons or groups of people are getting paid, unskilled workers. (Ross, P.441) It means a radical group such as uncultivated RUF they could obtain and use them to finance a war. This is potentially a very dangerous situation for a less-than-stable such as Sierra Leone. Another problem with diamonds is that they are small and easily transportable. They can be transported by air or be hidden and smuggled out of the country. In the film the main character, Danny Archer, a trader of diamonds was. There were many ways to hide contact with the diamonds, he was responsible for leaving the country. He tried to hide them across the border into the necks of goats in one case. He was hiding in his own tooth. Once it was known that diamonds have financed the war in Sierra Leone it was illegal to export to the countries of stones. Smugglers as Archer were used to get across the border to Liberia, so they can be exported to other countries.
A result of the civil war was that Sierra Leone has become a failed state. His own government could not control and foreign aid is called to be the problems at hand address. There are many problems with failed states, not only for the State itself but also for the international community as a whole. Failed states are dangerous and unpredictable. In most cases, a State is in this situation is a humanitarian crisis as durable as the case in Sierra Leone. The world must realize what is happening and all this in order to help as soon as possible. Generally part of state sovereignty must for a time to be affected to resolve their problem. This should be expected from some form of leadership is needed, since the state stands ready to speak to his feet. States have “… compromise their Westphalian sovereignty in order to enhance national sovereignty.” (Krasner, p.186) offer other countries around the world have as much support as possible. In some states may have to intervene directly in order that the problem solved as quickly as possible so that it gets worse. In 2000, the United Nations in Kimberley, South Africa, to discuss the problem in Sierra Leone, it had been an ongoing problem since 1991. Finally, in 2003, the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) was launched. He said that shipments of diamonds has a Kimberley certification to confirm that they are not given conflict diamonds. If the world wants to learn to better manage crisis situations, he must learn to speed up the decision and go directly to the relevant state support.
Another example of a humanitarian crisis that was not treated quickly enough was the rest of the world of the genocide in Rwanda. At the time the U.S. had only about half a billion dollars in fees and expenses of the United Nations peacekeeping force. They were very poorly equipped and underfunded, yet started before the murders. (Power, p.294) After the tragic U.S. military in Somalia in 1993, the U.S. wanted nothing to do do with the peace keeping in Africa. Even after hearing about the murders in the United States wanted the UN to withdraw from Rwanda. When the U.S. finally agreeing to a plan to escape the massacre of Tutsis by Hutus was considerably delayed, as they argue about the costs. was first arrested after the murder was that help is finally here. The United States and share their concern for the cost of using the obvious need to save the lives of thousands of Tutsis in Rwanda. It is a totally unacceptable way to a humanitarian crisis. Human life, the first concern must be able to resolve the cost issue, after the crisis stabilized. The priority for the states require immediate assistance should resolve the problem as quickly as possible and save as many lives as we can. If the killings took place in Rwanda Government of the United States have been careful attention to refer to it as genocide. They knew that once they realized this, they would have to do something. A fortiori, far in the murders they term genocide. This is intolerable. It is important to recognize the States, for what it is happening. We can not just sweep off the table say something like that, it’s just a civil war. The U.S. government has seen a lot of information to be able to what is happening in Rwanda genocide has been done. It is irresponsible to try to hide what is going to step up instead and do what is necessary to help. The United Nations should consider what happened to the diamonds of Sierra Leone, long before they did. The information was available, it was easy to see what was going on. Liberia had no diamonds, but they have been exporting a large number of them. The war in Sierra Leone was apparently financed by the diamonds. The reaction time for the world has become much faster in relation to humanitarian issues such as these.
The conflict in Sierra Leone has had many disastrous consequences. It seems that people think that if it should not happen to them so why worry? We are all human, we all have a duty to all we can to help each other. When people see these horrible things happen on the news or read about them in how they can continue to go about their day? Thousands of people are killed or displaced during a crisis to do but many people around the world nothing. If that happened directly to her if it was would take care of people in their country. But really, what is the difference if it happened in his own country or in a country like Sierra Leone? We are all human beings, the only difference where we live. Why where you live determine if they are supported by the world in times of crisis? It is very doubtful that the world ignored when there are a humanitarian crisis would say, be the United States, but since it was Sierra Leone in the world let the problem continue for years. All states should be treated equally when it comes to the aid that it comes from other nations. We are all human, and we have the right to be helped as quickly and as efficiently as possible in a time of extreme crisis.
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