He also said, "The international community is guilty of sins of omission (as it) failed Rwanda and that must leave us always with a sense of regret."

He further suggested, "I still believe that if an organization decided to wipe out the 320 mountain gorillas there would be still more of a reaction by the international community to curtail or to stop that than there would be still today in attempting to protect thousands of human beings being slaughtered in the same country."

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