Rep. Cynthia McKinney has been working hard to get to the truth about the United Nations� failure to act when warned about impending genocidal attacks by Hutu radicals in 1995. The Georgia Democrat hasn�t been lenient with the world body, sharing information about how the United Nations ignored warning of impending attacks and bringing victims of the tragedy before the media to keep interest in the facts behind the genocide alive.

When extremist Hutu militia-members and army units in Rwanda murdered as many as 1 million Rwandan Tutsis in 1994, United Nations troops not only failed to prevent the genocide, but were also directly involved in the murder of prominent Rwandan citizens, according two families Rep. McKinney is helping to obtain justice.

She argues that the United Nations should protect all refugees� poor and rich, Black and white, African and non-African. The congressman is also awaiting a UN report about actions taken as the Rwandan crisis unfolded.

More members of the Congressional Black Caucus should join Rep. McKinney�s crusade to get to the truth of what happened in Rwanda. If they don�t fight for justice, it isn�t likely that anyone else in Congress will fight for justice for the 1 million people lost during the Rwandan tragedy.

It is also ironic that despite passing resolutions against genocide and efforts by Blacks to bring their plight to the United Nations, the world body apparently looked the other way as one of the worst episodes of genocide in world history took place.

The United States, the "world leader" on human rights, has also been silent about the tragic Rwandan episode. But the silence isn�t surprising when U.S. officials have often refused to even sign agreements that denounce genocide. The United States is accused of trying to sabotage a post-millennium UN global conference on racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism.