,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #dfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,january #bg1       
#bjad,mr4 ,lowenthal submitted the      
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs 
,,resolution  ,honoring the victims of  
the ,cambodian genocide that took place 
from ,april #aige to ,january #aigi4    
,whereas beginning in ,april #aige and  
ending in ,january #aigi1 at least      
#a1gjj1jjj to #c1jjj1jjj people were    
deliberately and systematically killed  
in ,cambodia in one of the worst human  
tragedies of the modern era2 ,whereas in
 #aige1 ,pol ,pot led the ,communist    
guerilla group1 the ,khmer ,rouge1 in a 
large-scale insurgency in ,cambodia that
 resulted in the removal of ,cambodians 
from their homes and into labor camps in
 an attempt to restructure ,khmer       
society2 ,whereas traditional ,khmer    
culture and society were systematically 
destroyed1 including the destruction of 
temples1 schools1 hospitals1 and other  

buildings2 ,whereas families were       
separated in an attempt by the ,khmer   
,rouge to prevent family formation1 many
 individuals were punished or killed for
 education1 wealth1 or sophistication1  
and doctors1 nurses1 clergy1 teachers1  
business owners1 artisans1 city         
dwellers1 and even those individuals who
 wore glasses were singled out for      
execution since they were seen as       
bourgeois or contaminated with ,western 
influence2 ,whereas the ,khmer ,rouge   
maintained control by mass public       
torture1 executions1 and dismantling of 
the social order2 ,whereas men1 women1  
and children were sent to labor camps   
and forced to do strenuous farm work and
 famine and disease became epidemic     
while medicine and medical care were    
non-existent2 ,whereas after the ,khmer 
,rouge regime was overthrown in #aigi1  
thousands of ,cambodians fled on foot to
 refugee camps in ,thailand and many    
refugees were processed again in other  
camps in the ,philippines and           

,indonesia2 ,whereas from these refugee 
camps hundreds of thousands of          
,cambodians made their way to the       
,united ,states beginning in #aige2     
,whereas these ,cambodians were         
subsequently resettled in communities   
across the ,united ,states2 ,whereas    
according to the ,united ,states ,bureau
 of the ,census figures from the #bjab  
,american ,community ,survey1 there are 
approximately #bee1ggb ,cambodians      
currently living in the ,united ,states2
 ,whereas despite their tremendous loss1
 ,cambodians and ,cambodian-,americans  
have shown courage and resiliency2      
,whereas the memory of those ,cambodians
 who were killed during the ,cambodian  
genocide must never be forgotten and the
 survivors of the ,cambodian genocide   
should be honored2 ,whereas the         
resettlement of ,cambodians reflected   
the hard work of voluntary agencies     
through funding by the ,federal         
,government1 individual citizens1 and   
,federal1 ,state1 and local governmental

 agencies1 all working together to      
assist the new arrivals in adjusting to 
society in the ,united ,states2 ,whereas
 ,cambodian refugees have done much to  
further successful resettlement in the  
,united ,states1 including through      
mutual assistance associations organized
 by previously resettled ,southeast     
,asian refugees to help new refugees    
through the provision of essential      
social1 psychological1 cultural1        
educational1 and economic services2 and 
,whereas while remembering and honoring 
both their traditional culture and their
 traumatic past1 the new generation of  
,cambodian-,americans is contributing to
 ,united ,states society in meaningful  
ways3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the  
,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7 honors
 the victims of the genocide in         
,cambodia that took place beginning in  
,april #aige and ending in ,january     
#aigi2 and  7#b7 continues to support   
efforts to pursue justice for the       
victims of the ,cambodian genocide4