The Belgian government withdrew all its troops in Rwanda and took away all its weapons on the grounds that 10 Belgian peacekeepers were killed in battle.
The United Nations was passive in the genocide in Rwanda. On the fourth day of the massacre, the United Nations Security Council voted to symbolically keep 260 peacekeepers in Rwanda, whose duties are only to mediate the ceasefire and provide humanitarian assistance. After nearly one and a half months of genocide in Rwanda, the United Nations decided to increase the number of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda to 5,500, expand its operational mandate and persuade other countries to participate in the rescue.
France set up a field hospital near Lake Kivu in an attempt to receive refugees. Canada, Israel, the Netherlands and Ireland also provided some assistance.
International aid organizations such as the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders arrived in the area to help civilians without fear of gunfire. Before the massacre, the International Committee of the Red Cross called on all parties concerned to make every effort to stop the massacre, and strive to remain neutral during the massacre, set up hospitals, transport materials and reduce civilian casualties. It is estimated that 70,000 people were rescued at the request of the International Committee of the Red Cross. After the Holocaust, the International Committee of the Red Cross rescued tens of thousands of displaced people and clarified the fate of the missing persons in the Rwandan Massacre through the project of "Rebuilding Family Links". During the period from 1994 to 1998, about 48,000 children were reunited with their families.