Despite Rusesabagina’s claims that Romeo Dallaire ‘rescinded’ an order for UN protection of the hotel, there was in fact, a strong UN peacekeeping presence at the Hotel, including Mbaye Diagne, a Senegalese military observer who was ferrying threatened Tutsi into the Hotel. General Dallaire – in charge of the UN deployment, and his deputy, Brent Beardsley, were also often at the hotel, ensuring its safety from killings. A team of unarmed military observers had been in charge of protecting the hotel from April 8.