"For President Clinton, according to this discussion I had with him, Rwanda was a marginal problem"

This quote suggests that former President Bill Clinton did rule out the Rwandan genocide to be a major issue. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, had a discussion with President Clinton about the genocide in Rwanda and discovered that the President did not consider it to be a major problem. This is likely due to the fact that the genocide was not widely reported in the United States and was not viewed as a concern for the Clinton administration. This quote highlights the importance of worldwide media protection in order to accentuate human rights infractions and other atrocities around the globe. It likewise serves as a reminder of the need for world leaders to focus on human rights and act to avoid and deal with human rights infractions.