Security Council resolution 918 extends the UNAMIR mission for the protection of the people and, for that, authorizes the deployment of 5,500 peacekeepers (UNAMIR II). It also provides for an arms embargo on Rwanda. The UN Security Council approves Resolution 918 for the deployment of 5,500 peacekeepers to Rwanda. No soldiers are available and none will be deployed to Rwanda under the terms of this resolution until after the genocide is over. More than five weeks into the genocide, the UN Security Council imposes an arms embargo on the Interim Government under Section 13 of Resolution 918.
