Twenty years after the start of the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, revisit a FRONTLINE documentary that examined why the United Nations and the international community failed to stop what has been called the first genocide of the 21st century. (Aired 2007)
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After the genocide in Rwanda and atrocities in Srebrenica, Bosnia, in the 1990s, the world had vowed “never again.” Then came the crisis in Darfur. By the time the FRONTLINE documentary “On Our Watch” premiered in late 2007, the Sudanese government and Janjaweed militias had waged a brutal campaign against rebel groups and civilians in Darfur for four years. Even by the most conservative estimate, at least 200,000 people had been killed by then and 2.5 million driven from their homes. FRONTLINE examined how the international community and the U.N. responded as the crisis unfolded and why — after Rwanda and Srebrenica — they once again failed to stop the slaughter.
CHAPTERS:
Prologue – 00:00
Darfur, Sudan: Allegations of Genocide – 01:10
How the U.N. Reacted to Reports of Janjaweed Atrocities in Darfur in 2003 – 11:36
The U.N.’s Failures in Rwanda & Srebrenica – 17:06
How the U.N. Security Council Responded in 2004 to the Darfur Crisis – 25:00
Documenting Atrocities and Collecting Witness Testimony in Darfur – 29:12
By 2006, Violence Spilled Over From Sudan to Chad – 37:15
Darfur: International Criminal Court Indictments & U.S. Sanctions in 2007 – 45:21
Credits – 52:53
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The UN a bunch of PRIVELIGE living good eating good there kids great school's..,..,
So all this 💸💸💸💸
Even though this was 2007 it’s important for us to know world 🌎 🌍 history
love Frontline……one of the best shows made….
Take Trask UNO LIXO DA UNO trash 🗑 🤧 UNO LOT SAD PER THING 😔 😪
Only GOD will help Humanity🙏🏾. I pray for Ukraine 🇺🇦, Syria 🇸🇾, Iraq 🇮🇶, and Palestinian-Israel peace process 🙏🏾. Let's Love one another. War as never solved any conflict
Here we go…the world powers don't care about any African country unless they can steal their natural resources
Arabs and western Europe invasion in Africa is worse than devil
When we you be putting out the frontline doc on how Pete Buttigieg turned east Ohio into a toxic dump? Looking forward to that one.
The UN has also failed Tigray genocide where 800,000 lives have been lost from Nov 4, 2020 to Present🙏🙏 in Ethiopia
Sad to think this is still going on
The entire government of Africa has failed all the people.
The ATROCITIES in Africa need much more than the current UN capability to counter
Another religious war.
Is this kinda related to their government and the Black Hawk Down incident that happened? There's always something horrible happening in Africa unfortunately…
When is Frontline going to release new stuff? This one came out 15 years ago
There is a special place in hell for those who kill innocent people.
This happened decades ago. This is ancient history. Why now, it is sooo too late.
Darfur has been a shithole longer than I’ve been alive. I’m 40. Not the us or un fault..
I just saw the subject matter. I haven't watched the show yet. But I already know the answer, Black Lives Don't Matter….especially Dark Black Lives in a country full of minerals!!
UN is so unbelievably useless 🤢🤮
War in Ukraine is another example. A permanent member of the UN Security Council attacked another country …and still remains in the Security Council. How f**d up is that?!
UN = Useless Nations
Tibetans and Uyghurs are suffering genocides right now.
Ukraine's more important to Joe Biden where his son's businesses are and these are just poor black lives that dont matter to Joe Biden or his administration
Around 2010, I was in a homeless shelter. There was a woman there with her 5 kids. She told me of the horrors that she had gone through in Darfur. After being gang raped, and then walking to "safety," she found her husband. When she told him of her living hell, he turned around and walked away from her and the children. She was the strongest person I have ever met. Her children were in their teens and were an absolute delight. I don't know if I could ever have that kind of strength.
The US only cares about what happens in white countries.
0:20 so does pbs, nor get demonetized now? Couldni get away with showing this footage?
Well documented
I quit watching when I saw how you flipped the narrative on January 6! Shame on you!
Thank you Frontline
THE REASON WHY THEY , the UN DID NOTHING TO INTERVENE , IS BECAUSE CHINA IS NOW A SUPER POWER AND FOR CHINA, STOPPING THE GENOCIDE WOULD’NT BE IN THEIR BEST INTEREST. THEY SAW IT AS CLEARING THE LAND OF ITS INHABITANTS FOR THEM CONTINUE THE OIL EXPLOITATION AND CONSUMPTION.China has shown the world over and over again that global strategic placement and power is more important to them than human rights . We’ve experienced COVID-19 , Sudanese GENOCIDE, WEIGHER POPULATION INTERNMENT AND EXPLOITATION, animal rights VIOLATIONS and CRUELTY. These SAVAGES HAVE BEEN /DONE NOTHING BUT HARM TO THE PLANET. They are a INTOLERABLE country , the sacredness of LIFE means very little to them if you’re not CHINESE and even if you’re Chinese, that has very little deterrent.
The United States will help! If there's some money in it.
Killing each other is extremely normal for our species, so this documentary wasn't revelation to me, but it was highly educational.