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b'Diplomacy, Defence and Development are the 3D\\u2019s of Canada\\u2019s new foreign policy announced by the Prime Minister last year. These, together with Commerce, are the cornerstones of the strategy designed to enhance our position in the world.\\n\\nThe Responsibility to Protect, which has been a Canadian initiative from the outset, is the most far-reaching agreement on the prevention of mass killing since the UN Genocide Convention was established in 1948. It seeks to ensure that the protection of civilians takes precedence over national sovereignty. It is one of the most important outcomes of the World Summit held at the United Nations last September.\\n\\nBut will these new initiatives help prevent another Rwanda? According to UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, large-scale attacks against civilians continue in Dafur in Western Sudan. \\u201cWomen and girls are being raped by armed groups, yet more villages are being burned, and thousands more are being driven from their homes\\u201d, he said in December.\\n\\nAnd in Afghanistan, with Canada\\u2019s military presence on the increase, are there clear and achievable political and military objectives? Is there an exit strategy? \\n\\nSpeaker: Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire\\nGen. Dallaire joined the Canadian Army in 1964. After graduating with a B.Sc. from the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, he held various command, staff and training appointments in Canada and Germany. In 1993, he took command of the United Nations Observer Mission \\u2013 Uganda and Rwanda and later, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross for this mission.\\nOn his return from Rwanda, he served as commander of the 1st Canadian Division and Deputy Commander of the Canadian Army. Promoted to three-star general, he was appointed to various senior positions including Assistant Deputy Minister (Human Resources \\u2013 Military) in the Ministry of Defence.\\nGen. Dallaire retired from the Canadian Armed Forces in April 2000. He serves as a special adviser to the Canadian government on war-affected children and the prohibition of small-arms distribution. He is currently a Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.\\nGen. Dallaire was awarded the Order of Canada in 2002. His internationally acclaimed book \\u201cShake Hands With the Devil \\u2013 The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda\\u201d won the Governor General\\u2019s Literary Award for Non-Fiction in 2004.\\nGen. Dallaire sits in the Senate as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. \\n\\nTHIS SPECIAL SESSION HAS BEEN ORGANIZED IN ASSOCIATION WITH LETHBRIDGE UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE'