World+Response+to+the+Cambodian+Genocide

=World Response to the Cambodian Genocide=

Durring the Vietnam War Cambodia was ruled by the Khmer Republic lead by Non-Lol who was an ally to the United States. The United States secretly started to bomb North Vietnamese bases inside of Cambodia. Eventually Cambodia became part of the battlefield and by the end of the Vietnam war over 750,000 Cambodians were killed due to US bombings. //4//

At the end of the Vietnam war Non-Lol was defeated and the Khmer Rouge and Pot Pol took over founding the Democratic Kampuchea (DK). The Khmer Rouge also received support from China. //6//

After the Khmer Rouge took control of the government of Cambodia the US evacuated its embassy and the British embassy was also evacuated. The French embassy gave refuge to Europeans and many Cambodians until in 1975 the Khmer Rouge forced all Cambodians from it. //4//

Khmer Rouge were linked to China so in 1978 Vietnam (backed by the Soviet Union) invaded Kampuchea and overthrew the Khmer Rouge. The guerrillas were driven into the western jungles and beyond to Thailand. //5//

The Khmer Rouge in retreat had some help from some American relief agencies - 20,000 to 40,000 guerrillas who reached Thailand received food aid. The United States also ensured that the Khmer Rouge (rather than the Vietnam-backed communist government) held on to Cambodia's seat in the United Nations: the Cold War continued to control what priorities were made. China supplied weapons and other supplies to the Khmer Rouge while Thailand gave Sanctuary to many Khmer Rouge members. //2 and 5//

The Khmer Rouge continued to fight Vietnam (soviet backed) until in 1979 Vietnam pulled out of Cambodia due to international pressure. A new government was resurrected and the Khmer Rouge began to fall apart as many officers of the Khmer Rouge defected to the new government. //5//

In 2002 Australia, France, Japan, and the US passed a resolution calling for a tribunal of the senior members of the Khmer Rouge for crimes against humanity. This resolution gave Cambodia government ultimate control over the cases with the privilege of overriding decisions of the UN. //3//

The trial of former Khmer Rouge prison commander Kaing Guek Eav started in February of 2009 in Cambodia. The trial, which is backed by the United Nations, is taking place 30 years after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime, 13 years after the tribunal was initiated, and almost three years after the court was inaugurated. //1//

__References__ from Academic Search Premier database. [] [] []
 * 1) Journal:** Khmer Rouge Trials. (2009, February 23). //America//, Retrieved March 12, 2009,
 * 2) Journal:** Article: Clymer, K. (2003, April). Jimmy Carter, Human Rights, and Cambodia. //Diplomatic History//, //27//(2), 245-278. Retrieved March 18, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.
 * 3) Journal:** ArticleJones, M. (2005, June). The United States and Cambodia, 1870-1969: From Curiosity to Confrontation/The United States and Cambodia, 1969-2000: A Troubled Relationship. //Journal of American History//, //92//(1), 316-317. Retrieved March 18, 2009, from Academic Search Premier database.

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