"IDI AMIN"

The UN cultural and education agency designated award-winning Hollywood actor Forest Whitaker as a Goodwill Ambassador for Peace and Reconciliation in recognition of his commitment to using cinema to promote humanitarian ideals. UNESCO

Ugandan prosecutor Alfred Orono was 12 years old when Tanzanian forces invaded his native Uganda to oust the brutal dictator Idi Amin. Amid the chaos, he joined the forces and started carrying a AK47 even before he was a teenager. Today, after years of fleeing the political turmoil in his country, Orono prosecutes the perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda which claimed some 800,000 lives. UNTV

Uganda's Minister of Defense urged the Security Council today to take strong measures against the rebel force the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and send out a message that their actions will not be tolerated. UNIFEED

This documentary discusses the history of the development of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its uses today. Includes archival footage and current interviews with participants who assisted in drafting the declaration.

President of Uganda Idi Amin addresses the press on the situation regarding decolonization in Africa, the relationship between Uganda and the Commonwealth, and the treatment of political prisoners in Uganda.

United Nations officials checking documents and other footage during the expulsion of Asian peoples from Uganda.