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- 1: Cambodia And United Nations
- Cambodia is a small country located in Southeast Asia bordering the Gulf of Thailand. Cambodia lies between Thailand and Vietnam. It occupies a total area of 181,040 square kilometers, and out of all of this, only 176,520 square kilometers are on land. Cambodia has a 2,572-kilometer long land boundary and 443 kilometer coastline. Cambodia has a tropical climate like most countries in Southeast Asia. In this tropical climate, there is ...
- 2: Death Of Pol Pot
- ... he was one of the evil dictor in world history. Pol Pot just recently die in April 15,1998. Pol Pot was leader of the Khmer Rouge guerrilla movement of Cambodia, whice controlled the goverment from 1975-1979. As leader of the khmer Rouge, Pol Pot is considered responsible for the economic and social devastation of Cambodia and the death of about 1.7 million Cambodia during hus rule. The death of former Khmer Rouge leader of Pol Pot on April 15 in the Thai-Cmbodia Border area brings to an end one of the ...
- 3: Landmines
- ... reported, each day landmines kill or wound an estimated 75 people worldwide. Ninety percent of these victims are civilians. Among the victims may be a teenage girl gathering firewood in Cambodia. A grandfather herding sheep in Afghanistan. Or a boy running across an empty field in Angola. What makes antipersonnel mines so abhorrent is the indiscriminate destruction they cause. Mines cannot ... they are discriminated by people in their respective society and are considered lower class people. Vivid images of the leg-less people were described in detail by the report In Cambodia alone there are over 35,000 amputees injured by anti-personnel landmines--and they are the survivors. Many others die in the fields from loss of blood or lack of ... transport to get medical help. Mine deaths and injuries in the past few decades total in the hundreds of thousands. Landmines are now a daily threat in Afghanistan, Angola, Bosnia, Cambodia, Chechnya, Croatia, Iraq, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Somalia, and dozens of other countries. Mines recognize no cease-fire and long after the fighting has stopped they continue to maim or kill. ...
- 4: An Asian American In America
- ... Asian American In America As an Asian American, living in Fall River, I take pride in my culture and heritage. My parents are of Chinese ancestry and they lived in Cambodia for many years. When the Khmer Rouge took over the Cambodian government they decided to get rid of everyone that are not Cambodian Citizen. Since my parents, brothers, sisters and myself were born in Cambodia, we thought that we were all set and stayed in Cambodia. We thought wrong. The Khmer Rouge tried to keep Cambodia pure, but instead of that, they killed their own people along with thousands of thousands of other nationalities living ...
- 5: Man's Journey into Self in the Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now
- ... is a stunning vision of man's heart of darkness revealed through the peculiar madness of the Vietnam War. Captain Willard is a Marlow who is on a mission into Cambodia during the Vietnam War to kill an insane Colonel Kurtz, and "terminate his command with extreme prejudice." Willard's mission becomes an epic journey into himself, as he ultimately recognizes ... was corrupted by the horror of war and the culture he met. Willard travels up the river with four other men who do not know that his actual destination in Cambodia. One companion is a chef from New Orleans, a surfer, a black man, and the boat captain. As they travel, like Marlow, Willard receives additional information about Kurtz. Willard discovers ... He can not seem to put the voice on the tape and the man he has been reading about together. For Willard, Kurtz becomes an obsession. Along the way to Cambodia, Willard and the ignorant crew encounter a few trying experiences. They pass a food boat of natives which the crew members proceed to attack without any reason. In the ...
- 6: Children of the River
- ... Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon are Jonathan’s parents. Mr. McKinnon saved Ravy’s life when he came to America. Sundara also teaches him Cambodian language, so he can go to Cambodia. Minor Characters Naro is Soka’s son yet he is the head of the family. Grandmother makes sure that Sundara does what she is supposed to. Moni is like an ... Khmer Rouge, the Communist, came. They had to leave because they would be killed or captured. Since Naro had connections he got his family on the ship that was leaving Cambodia. They were on the ship for a long time. The family was very sick and Sudara was taking care of Ravy and the baby. Since Soka was ill and her ... Then Sundara meets this jock who is really nice for a change. His name is Jonathan. He asked her to have lunch with him so she can tell him about Cambodia for his report. They have lunch everyday and they start liking each other even though Jonathan has a girlfriend. Sundara meets Jonathan’s parents. Jonathan comes over and Soka ...
- 7: The United Nations
- ... and monitored in 1994 the country's first multi-party elections, which led to the peaceful installation of a new Government. ONUMOZ successfully completed its mission in January 1995. . . . in Cambodia The UN helped end the 12-year conflict in Cambodia. The Secretary- General over the years exercised his good offices in the search for peace, and in 1988 presented proposals for a political settlement. High-level meetings of the five permanent members of the Security Council led to the signing in 1991 of the Agreements on Cambodia a peace treaty to end the conflict and prepare the country for elections. The Agreements assigned the UN an unprecedented role. A large operation, the UN Transitional Authority in ...
- 8: The Vietnam War
- ... president of the United States. He based his campaign on his promise that he had a ,"plan to end the war." During his first term, he expanded the war into Cambodia and Laos. This tactic was merely a distraction from his early policies on the Vietnam War. He ordered several missions to begin bombing Cambodia. Then he sent troops into both Cambodia and Laos. These actions had little effect on the outcome of the war(Gibbons 193). In the years that followed, Congress slowly but surely lost faith in Nixon's ...
- 9: The History of Thailand and Malaysia
- ... groups have left their mark in history. One of the great civilizations in history is ancient Southeast Asia. Ancient Southeast Asia consisted of many different countries. This region consisted of Cambodia, Burma, Brunei, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and most of Indonesia. Many kingdoms have risen and fell in Southeast Asia. About A.D. 100, people in the southern part of what is now Cambodia established the kingdom of Funan. This Kingdom became one of the greatest powers in early Southeast Asia. By A.D. 600 Funan had lost its power and influence, and a ... areas elsewhere in the empire. They also built hospitals, irrigation canals, reservoirs, and roads. Between the 800’s and 1400’s, the Khmer controlled a great Hindu-Buddhist kingdom in Cambodia. The Khmer empire reached its peak during the 1100’s. It took over much of the land that is now Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Wars with the Thai weakened ...
- 10: A Fatal Mistake The Vietnam Wa
- ... trained and better equipped army(Encarta Vietnam War ). By March 6 of 1946, Vietnam s independence was finally recognized by the Indochinese Federation and French Union, which included Laos and Cambodia (Chant 25). That same day, however, the French launch a swift offensive campaign through North Vietnam, after landing in North Vietnam s largest port city, Haiphong (Chant 25). In a ... The French were humiliated, and back home, French citizens demanded peace (Encarta Vietnam War ). Involved in this peace would be France, Vietnam, the U.S., the USSR, China, Laos, and Cambodia, whose representatives came together at the Geneva Conference of 1954, beginning a two-month peace process (Encarta Vietnam War ). The peace agreement allowed for the safe evacuation of all French ... Encarta Vietnam War ). Fearing an overwhelming Communist victory, the U.S. established the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization in 1955 (Encarta Vietnam War ). SEATO, as it was called, included South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, plus many other U.S. allies, creating an economic and defensive collaboration against the Communist Subversion (Encarta Vietnam War ). With SEATO as its justification, the U.S. ...
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