INVESTIGATE VIETNAM FOR CONTINUED VIOLATION OF CAMBODIAS NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND SURVIVAL
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INVESTIGATE VIETNAM FOR CONTINUED VIOLATION OF CAMBODIAS
NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND SURVIVAL
Signatures: _______ November 14, 2005
Category: Justice and Human Rights
Region: United States of America
Perspective: Global
The Honorable George W. Bush
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
We, the under-signed, Cambodian-Americans and friends in the United States and abroad, call your immediate attention to Vietnams continued policy of colonialism toward its weaker neighbor, Cambodia. This blatantly contradicts the United States longstanding governing principal of democracy, transparency and the protection of inalienable human rights. These current practices of Vietnam pose imminent danger to Cambodias sovereignty and territorial integrity. Ultimately these actions threaten the very existence of the Cambodian people.
Attached herewith are supporting letters and an article to be published in the Cambodian Daily from His Excellency K.L. Bindra, Former Chairman and Secretary General (1964-67) of the International Commission for Supervision and Control (ICSC) in Cambodia, a committee established under the 1954 Geneva Agreement on Indochina to verify the territorial integrity of Cambodia thereafter. He urged your administration to look into this present critical back door communism that is transported into Cambodia and provides two background articles addressing this issue.
Cambodias territory has continually shrunk while the Socialist Republic of Vietnams land continues to grow since its January 1979 military invasion and capture of Phnom Penh from Pol Pots regime. Vietnam installed leadership that consisted of former members of the Khmers Rouge who fled to Vietnam to seek refuge from Pol Pots regime and joined forces with Vietnams communist organization. Among them is the current dictator Hun Sen. Cambodias current government is a colonial regime of Vietnam. Vietnam has imposed its communist system on Cambodia through the back door, as His Excellency Bindra states in his writing. Vietnam was forced by the international community and by the collapse of the former Soviet Union to abandon its direct occupation of Cambodia in 1989; however, it still retains power through its client communist party led by Hun Sen.
Less obvious but more deadly, Vietnams colonial policy is evident by the alarming and continuous influx of illegal Vietnamese immigrants into Cambodia from 1979 onward, where substantially none remained during the Khmer Rouge regime. With its protйgй Hun Sen in power, Vietnam was able to create land growth and secure full legal status for the Vietnamese civilians in Cambodia through the 1982, 1983, and 1985 agreements. These treaties revoked the agreements that the same Vietnamese leadership made in1967 in its recognition of Cambodias borders in the name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) and South Vietnam National Liberation Front (NLF). By 1987, there were approximately two million Vietnamese inhabitants in Cambodia. Today, about 17\% of approximately 14 million Cambodians are Vietnamese. Full voting rights from these illegal Vietnamese settlers and a deadly grip on the governing system are allowing Vietnam and Hun Sen to breach the territorial integrity of Cambodia through colonial practices.
It should be noted that many independent NGOs have reported human rights violations by the Vietnamese government on the Khmer Krom, the Cambodian indigenous people of South Vietnam, who are now reduced to ethnic minority status.
Vietnams foreign policy of expansionism has already obliterated an entire civilization of Champa residing in what is now the Red River delta of Vietnam during the second half of the fifteenth century. The remaining group of Champs sought refuge in Cambodia, where they remain today. These practices of isolating and of forcing Khmer Krom to take Vietnamese names could be regarded as a form of genocide according to the content of the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Furthermore, in his recent speech Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened to legally deal with Cambodian citizens who dare criticize his stance on the border issue with Vietnam. For instance, he arrested and detained journalist Mam Sonando and President of the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association, Rong Chhun. He also brought government charges against four members of Cambodias Border Watchdog Council for voicing their concerns. Many NGOs have been reporting that Hun and his government are responsible for numerous gross violations of human rights and repression of democracy.
For all the above mentioned reasons, we urge the United States government, international organizations, the United Nations, the European Union and members of ASEAN and Donor-Nations, to investigate Vietnam for continuously violating breaching Cambodias territorial integrity and encouraging the uninhibited flow of illegal Vietnamese settlers into Cambodia. We strongly request all those international leaders who were participants and signatories of the Paris Accords in 1991 on the peace settlement in Cambodia to compile an unbiased report and submit this document to their Member-States for further debate in order to stop current illegal actions in Cambodia.
Cambodia has had a turbulent and tragic history and if it is to have another chance at normal social, political, and economic development, the world needs to firmly monitor this extremely dangerous situation and encourage a democratic and transparent governing system in Cambodia. In the January 1979 invasion by Vietnam of Cambodia, the United States, Western and Third World nations refused to cooperate with Vietnam. We again need that type of moral integrity and resolve to protect the rights and liberty of Cambodia, a Member-State of the United Nations. We sincerely fear that if Vietnam continues to violate Cambodian sovereignty, the Cambodian people cannot be expected to remain peaceful and silent. A human tragedy of major proportion may be repeated in Cambodia. The Cambodian people have the legitimate right and duty to defend themselves against this naked Vietnamese aggression.
Contact Persons:
Veronica C. Ngi Tel. (503) 642-2879
Mr. Mabbeskal Man Tel. (503) 641-6310 [email protected]
Enclosures:
1. Letter to H.E. Robert Tuttle
2. Letter to His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk
3. Articles on The Cambodian Frontiers of the Sixties, under the Geneva Agreement on Indochina and Vietnamization of Cambodia
4. Article Lawmaker Concerned by Threats to Basic Freedoms in Cambodia
5. Petition Signatures
cc The Honorable Condoleeza Rice His Excellency Kofi Annan
The Honorable Robert Tuttle
The Honorable Joseph Mussomeli
His Excellency K.L. Bindra The Honorable Richard Lugar
The Honorable Henry Hyde
The Honorable James Leach
The Honorable John McCain
The Honorable Dana Rohrabacher
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PS: Please find enclosures 1, 2, 3, and 4 at this website "http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeof03b/. They are located in the middle of "Home Page" under "Warning by KL Bindra, former chairman of the International Control Commission, (ICC) about the impending and total taking over of Cambodia by the Vietnamese through illegal immigration with the support of Hun Sen and his CPP."
Petition deadline: December 31, 2005
NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND SURVIVAL
Signatures: _______ November 14, 2005
Category: Justice and Human Rights
Region: United States of America
Perspective: Global
The Honorable George W. Bush
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
We, the under-signed, Cambodian-Americans and friends in the United States and abroad, call your immediate attention to Vietnams continued policy of colonialism toward its weaker neighbor, Cambodia. This blatantly contradicts the United States longstanding governing principal of democracy, transparency and the protection of inalienable human rights. These current practices of Vietnam pose imminent danger to Cambodias sovereignty and territorial integrity. Ultimately these actions threaten the very existence of the Cambodian people.
Attached herewith are supporting letters and an article to be published in the Cambodian Daily from His Excellency K.L. Bindra, Former Chairman and Secretary General (1964-67) of the International Commission for Supervision and Control (ICSC) in Cambodia, a committee established under the 1954 Geneva Agreement on Indochina to verify the territorial integrity of Cambodia thereafter. He urged your administration to look into this present critical back door communism that is transported into Cambodia and provides two background articles addressing this issue.
Cambodias territory has continually shrunk while the Socialist Republic of Vietnams land continues to grow since its January 1979 military invasion and capture of Phnom Penh from Pol Pots regime. Vietnam installed leadership that consisted of former members of the Khmers Rouge who fled to Vietnam to seek refuge from Pol Pots regime and joined forces with Vietnams communist organization. Among them is the current dictator Hun Sen. Cambodias current government is a colonial regime of Vietnam. Vietnam has imposed its communist system on Cambodia through the back door, as His Excellency Bindra states in his writing. Vietnam was forced by the international community and by the collapse of the former Soviet Union to abandon its direct occupation of Cambodia in 1989; however, it still retains power through its client communist party led by Hun Sen.
Less obvious but more deadly, Vietnams colonial policy is evident by the alarming and continuous influx of illegal Vietnamese immigrants into Cambodia from 1979 onward, where substantially none remained during the Khmer Rouge regime. With its protйgй Hun Sen in power, Vietnam was able to create land growth and secure full legal status for the Vietnamese civilians in Cambodia through the 1982, 1983, and 1985 agreements. These treaties revoked the agreements that the same Vietnamese leadership made in1967 in its recognition of Cambodias borders in the name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) and South Vietnam National Liberation Front (NLF). By 1987, there were approximately two million Vietnamese inhabitants in Cambodia. Today, about 17\% of approximately 14 million Cambodians are Vietnamese. Full voting rights from these illegal Vietnamese settlers and a deadly grip on the governing system are allowing Vietnam and Hun Sen to breach the territorial integrity of Cambodia through colonial practices.
It should be noted that many independent NGOs have reported human rights violations by the Vietnamese government on the Khmer Krom, the Cambodian indigenous people of South Vietnam, who are now reduced to ethnic minority status.
Vietnams foreign policy of expansionism has already obliterated an entire civilization of Champa residing in what is now the Red River delta of Vietnam during the second half of the fifteenth century. The remaining group of Champs sought refuge in Cambodia, where they remain today. These practices of isolating and of forcing Khmer Krom to take Vietnamese names could be regarded as a form of genocide according to the content of the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Furthermore, in his recent speech Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened to legally deal with Cambodian citizens who dare criticize his stance on the border issue with Vietnam. For instance, he arrested and detained journalist Mam Sonando and President of the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association, Rong Chhun. He also brought government charges against four members of Cambodias Border Watchdog Council for voicing their concerns. Many NGOs have been reporting that Hun and his government are responsible for numerous gross violations of human rights and repression of democracy.
For all the above mentioned reasons, we urge the United States government, international organizations, the United Nations, the European Union and members of ASEAN and Donor-Nations, to investigate Vietnam for continuously violating breaching Cambodias territorial integrity and encouraging the uninhibited flow of illegal Vietnamese settlers into Cambodia. We strongly request all those international leaders who were participants and signatories of the Paris Accords in 1991 on the peace settlement in Cambodia to compile an unbiased report and submit this document to their Member-States for further debate in order to stop current illegal actions in Cambodia.
Cambodia has had a turbulent and tragic history and if it is to have another chance at normal social, political, and economic development, the world needs to firmly monitor this extremely dangerous situation and encourage a democratic and transparent governing system in Cambodia. In the January 1979 invasion by Vietnam of Cambodia, the United States, Western and Third World nations refused to cooperate with Vietnam. We again need that type of moral integrity and resolve to protect the rights and liberty of Cambodia, a Member-State of the United Nations. We sincerely fear that if Vietnam continues to violate Cambodian sovereignty, the Cambodian people cannot be expected to remain peaceful and silent. A human tragedy of major proportion may be repeated in Cambodia. The Cambodian people have the legitimate right and duty to defend themselves against this naked Vietnamese aggression.
Contact Persons:
Veronica C. Ngi Tel. (503) 642-2879
Mr. Mabbeskal Man Tel. (503) 641-6310 [email protected]
Enclosures:
1. Letter to H.E. Robert Tuttle
2. Letter to His Majesty Norodom Sihanouk
3. Articles on The Cambodian Frontiers of the Sixties, under the Geneva Agreement on Indochina and Vietnamization of Cambodia
4. Article Lawmaker Concerned by Threats to Basic Freedoms in Cambodia
5. Petition Signatures
cc The Honorable Condoleeza Rice His Excellency Kofi Annan
The Honorable Robert Tuttle
The Honorable Joseph Mussomeli
His Excellency K.L. Bindra The Honorable Richard Lugar
The Honorable Henry Hyde
The Honorable James Leach
The Honorable John McCain
The Honorable Dana Rohrabacher
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PS: Please find enclosures 1, 2, 3, and 4 at this website "http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeof03b/. They are located in the middle of "Home Page" under "Warning by KL Bindra, former chairman of the International Control Commission, (ICC) about the impending and total taking over of Cambodia by the Vietnamese through illegal immigration with the support of Hun Sen and his CPP."
Petition deadline: December 31, 2005
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