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Dallaire is famous because his desperate pleas to the UN Security Council to send peacekeepers to Rwanda went unheard. No one cared. Dallaire had to sit by and watch as nearly 800,000 people were killed in the genocide that followed. Indeed, neither the U.S. or any other major power cared about Rwanda. It had no strategic significance to the members of the UN Security council. There was no oil there. Right now, Guinea-Bissau is a Rwanda in the making. No one knows where it is, and very few people are trying to prevent mass violence there. This little, impoverished country in West Africa has struggled from coup d’etat to coup d’etat since its war of independence from Portugal in 1974. Those in the country who dare to speak their mind, say that this time, it will be genocide. And the trigger for violence is clearly visible, the upcoming June 19 presidential election. While many in the country pray for and work towards a peaceful election, old actors are up to their power-seeking ways, ready to use force again. And this time, divisions in the population along ethnic lines -- divisions created and exploited by politicians -- will ensure that the violence is more widespread and kills more innocent people simply struggling to survive. Guinea-Bissau needs immediate help and it needn’t be costly. Those who agreed to stay out of politics after the last coup should be held to their word. Those in the international community who witnessed that agreement, supported by the UN Security Council, should intervene now to stabilize the country. The new head of the armed forces, General Tagme Na Waie, who was installed after the recent assassination of the former head, needs help now. He needs assistance to keep factions within the military in line and out of politics. The Government of Canada recently released its vision for Canadian foreign policy summed up in the policy statement’s title as, "A Role of Pride and Influence in the World". Preventing fragile states from collapsing, mobilizing peacemaking and humanitarian assistance to countries that can't or won't protect their own citizens adequately are declared commitments. Right now, Canada could do a great deal with relatively few resources to prevent wide-scale violence in Guinea-Bissau. *It could deploy a team from the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre to advise General Tagme and show the country and the spoilers of peace that the world is paying attention. *Canada’s Parliamentary Centre could dispatch a small team of active and former parliamentarians and retired members of Canada’s armed forces to persuade Guinea-Bissau’s politicians to uphold prior commitments and the military to refrain from wading into politics again. *It could instruct Elections Canada to send an election monitoring team to monitor the presidential elections. * And CIDA could finance those who know how to do conflict resolution and peacebuilding to see the country through this critical time and then build the capacity for sustainable peace. When the tsunami struck Asia over Christmas, leaving thousands dead and countries in ruin, the world reacted. Food, water, medicine, shelter and money were mobilized immediately to stabilize the situation and prevent further lose of life. The tsunami could not be prevented. Genocide in Guinea-Bissau can be. 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