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What do people need to learn to respectfully honor the memory and tell the story of all of the people who lost their lives in the Cambodian genocide?

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What should people around the world do to commemorate the ones who were lost in the Cambodian genocides?

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The dark genocide of Cambodia lasted 4 years. It started in 1975 and lasted through 1979 when Vietnam took power. The people who were responsible for this act were the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge wanted to move all the Cambodian citizens to the countryside, but their plan ended in the citizens' starvation, forced work, and torture. Many countries around the world feared the Khmer Rouge after that.

This picture below shows the Khmer Rouge rising to power in the form of a riot and a march.

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Cambodia is a country in Asia that neighbors Vietnam.

This is Cambodia below. The map is showing the country surrounding Cambodia that will later influence the Khmer Rouges genocide on the citizens.

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How might the genocides of Cambodia have an impact on the rest of the world?

The ABC-Clio article "Cambodian Genocide" states, "Politically, the Ford administration, following the Vietnam debacle, was not inclined to get involved in the crisis in Cambodia. In 1976, Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, was elected president of the United States, and he did not want to risk another Vietnam-style engagement in Cambodia." This quote explains that Ford and Carter were scared of what would happen if the U.S. would go to war with Cambodia. My next quote to back up my claim is according to ABC-Clio in the article "Cambodian Genocide." It states, "The air war over Cambodia strengthened the radical elements of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, whose rise to power in 1975 coincided with the retreat of the United States from Vietnam." This explains that later in the Vietnam War, the U.S. retreated because of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The U.S. knew how much power the Khmer Rouge had and retreated. My last quote to back up my claim is according to the ABC-Clio article "Cambodian Genocide." It states, "Again, for many if not most, the dark cloud of Vietnam hovered over U.S. foreign affairs, especially those that pertained to issues involving Southeast Asia. By the time Carter's term came to an end, his administration was bogged down by the Iranian crisis and the taking of U.S. diplomats as hostages. In short, by 1979, when Pol Pot's genocidal regime was overthrown by Vietnam, the United States had done nothing to stem the tide of genocide in Cambodia." This quote from the article explains that Pol Pot took U.S. diplomats as hostages and looked over U.S. affairs, and that was enough to stop the U.S. from ending the Cambodian genocides.

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Why did the Khmer Rouge focus on the Cambodian citizens during the Cambodian genocides?

According to the EBSCO article “Khmer Rouge Comes to Power in Cambodia,"  "What the Khmer Rouge intended was to remove the entire population from the cities, move it to the countryside, and create a new social order based on agriculture and free of outside, imperialist influences." This quote explains that the Khmer Rouge was trying to move the population of Cambodia to the countryside to "free" the citizens from harm. Next, according to the EBSCO article “Khmer Rouge Comes to Power in Cambodia,”
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"In addition to forcing people to leave the cities, the Khmer Rouge began a systematic campaign of eliminating Western influences. This campaign included killing those Cambodians who were educated, individuals associated with the government and army of the Lon Nol regime, and anyone who had Western associations. Uncounted thousands died in this vengeance of the Khmer Rouge." This quote explains that the Khmer Rouge killed off the educated who were tied with the military or government. My final quote that helps with my claim is that according to the EBSCO article “Khmer Rouge Comes to Power in Cambodia,”  "In moving the population to the countryside, the Khmer Rouge rapidly began to implement their version of a new social order. This concept of society was military in format and was based on continual struggle. All citizens were to give complete allegiance to an abstract concept called Angka, which has been interpreted as 'organization' or, alternatively, as 'the people’s will.'” This quote explains that it was under people's will to surrender to the Khmer Rouge and retreat to the countryside.

This picture below shows how cruel and ruthless the Khmer Rouge was. The Khmer Rouge is on the left and right of the man in the center of the picture.