Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 17
CHAPTER 19
Relative to proclaiming Southeast Asia Genocide Remembrance Week.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
April 19, 1993.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 17, Horcher.
Southeast Asia Genocide Remembrance Week.
This measure would proclaim April 25 through May 1, 1993, as Southeast Asia Genocide Remembrance Week.
Digest Key
WHEREAS, The genocide which is occurring in the Southeast Asian Countries of Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos following their fall to Communist forces in April 1975 is a human tragedy of immense proportions; and
WHEREAS, After the fall of Cambodia, millions of Cambodians were forcibly taken from their homes and put in concentration camps set up by the Khmer Rouge; and
WHEREAS, The Khmer Rouge executed all former government officials, military personnel, civil servants, professionals, and other educated persons; and
WHEREAS, Millions of Cambodians died of starvation in these concentration camps; and
WHEREAS, After the fall of South Vietnam to the Communists in 1975, the Communists began to methodically execute former government officials, civil servants, and military personnel; and
WHEREAS, Tens of thousands of Vietnamese patriots have been executed since 1975; and
WHEREAS, The Communist government of Laos is reportedly conducting chemical warfare against indigenous Hmong tribesmen; and
WHEREAS, The Surgeon General of the United State Department of the Army conducted an exhaustive study which confirmed the chemical warfare being conducted by the Communist government of Laos; and
WHEREAS, Amnesty International has determined that between 1.2 million and 2.5 million Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Laotian people have perished in this genocide since 1975; and
WHEREAS, The Southeast Asia Genocide is continuing today in these countries, as evidenced by the thousands of refugees fleeing from these countries each month; and
WHEREAS, The world must be made aware of the terrible reality and tragedy of the Southeast Asia Genocide so that it will be stopped; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the week of April 25 through May 1, 1993, is hereby proclaimed Southeast Asia Genocide Remembrance Week; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature urges all Californians to learn more about the Southeast Asia Genocide and to participate in the activities of Southeast Asia Genocide Remembrance Week; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit a copy of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.