Why did the United Nations Security Council set up the International Criminal Tribunal in 1994?

to respond to the conflict in Iraq
to respond to the famine in Somalia
to respond to the genocide in Rwanda
to respond to ethnic cleansing in Bosnia

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The United Nations Security Council established the International Criminal Tribunal in 1994 primarily to respond to the genocide in Rwanda. The tribunal was created to prosecute individuals responsible for the genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian law that occurred during the Rwandan Civil War.