Even if the struggle in Burundi is essentially a "domestic" matter. one which the Burundi Government might claim falls within the protection of the United Nations famous article 2. section 7. the international community cannot escape its moral responsibility to act. Regardless of the merits of the strife. regardless of the issues raised either by the Tutsis or the Hutus. murder must be condemned and stopped. Slaughterof innocent persons by anyoneviolates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. threatens to involve countries beyond the site of the slaughter. and might become a situation "likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security" within chapters I and VII of the U.N. Charter. Slaughter means death. terror. suffering. and refugees. It has no justification. It must be resisted.
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