WELCOME TO CAMBODIA OCCUPIED BY VIETNAM AGAINST 10 UN RESOLUTIONS CONDEMNING VIETNAM AND ASKING HER TO CEASE HER OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA NOT RESPECTED AS OF TODAY. DESPITE PRESIDENT REAGAN'S CALL:
President Reagan's address to the 43d Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York . September 26, 1988. "Mr. Secretary-General, there are new hopes for Cambodia, a nation whose freedom and independence we seek just as avidly as we sought thefreedom and independence of Afghanistan. We urge the rapid removal of all Vietnamese troops ...." Brief history :Jan. 11, 1979 The UN Security Council agreed, over the objections of the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia, to let Prince Norodom Sihanouk present a demand for the withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. Saturday, September 13, 2008 Cambodian encounters: Helping the recovery Combodian encounter: Professor Rahtz combines his research on Cambodia with personal interaction.Cambodian encounter: MBA student Tom Feist, a U.S. webmaster, helped connect Cambodian teachers with the larger world through the Internet.September 12, 2008By Ellen Buck and David WilliardWilliam & Mary College (Virginia, USA) When marketing professor Don Rahtz returned to Cambodia this summer with three students, the objectives were personal. Six months earlier, the group had visited Southeast Asia as part of the professor’s global business immersion class that addresses cultural issues at the corporate, national and transnational levels. The group returned to take care of what was, according to Alice Hahn (’09), Ryan Miller (’09) and Tom Feist (flex MBA program), “unfinished business.”For the students, the unfinished business involved Wat Bo Primary School. During the first visit, they were onsite a short time—“less than half a day,” according to Feist. Given the enthusiasm for learning they encountered, the students envisioned the impact they could make if given a week. The undergraduates proposed to return and teach English; Feist, a Webmaster at Tidewater Community College, wanted to help integrate technology into the classroom.When the students approached Rahtz, he eagerly took them up on their suggestions. His unfinished business, after-all, is twofold and ongoing. First, his research interests concerning emerging economies have taken him to Cambodia numerous times during the past decade. Not only has he seen the country’s people come “Back from Zero,” he has contributed to the their progress through his input into tourism strategies. Second, having seen the results of executives making decisions absent contextual understandings, he believes such cross-cultural immersions are necessary in preparing business students at the Mason School of Business at the College of William and Mary. “I can talk in class and lecture and tell students what things are like on the other side of the world,” he said, “but if you don’t walk down the street—see it, smell it—you can’t really understand it.”Rahtz also knows such exposures are apt to change his students, just as Cambodia has changed him. He has seen students refocus their lives. “I’ve had them come back and say, ‘I’m going to join the Peace Corps,’” he said.Feist said that he could not forget Cambodia, even if he wanted to. He receives e-mails almost daily. They read, “‘Hi, teacher. How are you?’ in all sorts of broken English,” Feist said.Recently he responded to them on the Mason School-sponsored blog.To my students,I had a lot of fun in Siem Reap. Your gifts were very kind. The shirt, the scarf, and the Apsara dancer statue were all very nice. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I miss you all very much. Please tell your students, the kids, in the English classes that Mr. Tom says hello and misses them, too! _________________________________________________________________ See how Windows Mobile brings your life together—at home, work, or on the go. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
