ecurity and begin prosecuting those accused of war crimes, especially violators of crime of genocide, although up until now only one person has been convicted by the UN war tribunal .In Burundi, the UN has not been a major force, as of yet. But if the pattern continues like that of Rwanda, the UN will become a quick and decisive influence. Now that the genocide in the two regions has been recognized, genocide in Burundi will not be allowed to go unpunished .An effect of the genocide’s that occurred, an affect which is just now coming to light, are the international war tribunals that are currently underway. The first person was convicted of war crimes and brought to justice only recently. The prosecution of those who committed the horrific acts of genocide seems to be taking a long time. Although it has not been a speedy process the UN has had to deal with many obstacles in the process of taking the accused to trial. Now that they have conducted the first trial, and punished the guilty party, hopefully things will move more rapidly .In 1945, the Second World War came to an end. Although the axis powers were crushed with defeat, Hitler was still successful in exterminating six million Jewish people. This horrific form of genocide was supposedly learned from, as world leaders pledged not to allow it to occur ever again. This promise was further emphasized on December 9, 1948, when the United Nations adopted a definition of genocide in the Convention on Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.Since the meaning of the world genocide was established, the UN has tried to contain this type of murder in other countries throughout the world. AN example of this has been seen in both Rwanda and Burundi as well as other countries, which unfortunately have not been as publicized as the war crimes committed in World War II. The caliber of the Holocaust was so intense that many people refuse to admit that other forms of gen...
