A report in the Jan. 10 issue of The Age newspaper stated that the National Post newspaper of Canada had editorialized that U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan should resign. The National Post editorial call was made in the light of the alleged inaction of Annan when he was chief of U.N. peacekeeping forces in 1994.
The alleged inaction of Annan was in relation to the Rwandan genocide that took place in April and May of that year. Some circles have, citing confidential cables sent to U.N. Peacekeeping Headquarters in New York from Rwanda, blamed Annan for not acting immediately and properly to prevent or stop the Rwandan genocide despite ample validated warnings from U.N. personnel "in the field" that mass murders of the Rwandan Tutsis were about to take place.
The Age news item also indicated that a suit to sue the United Nations in relation to the Rwandan qenocide is currently being contemplated by two Australian-born lawyers. There was no indication as to when, where and how the suit against the U.N. would be lodged.