On January 7, the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan announced that the council had sent a letter to United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon concerning the comfort women agreement between South Korea and Japan.
In the letter, the council said, "You, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have also expressed your welcome to the latest agreement, but the comfort women victims cannot hide their disappointment and are appealing that they cannot accept this as an apology by the Japanese government." The council continued, "The latest agreement did not in any way reflect the human rights principles of the United Nations and the international community that a victim-oriented approach should be taken when resolving a serious human rights violation, driving the victims into despair."
Furthermore, the council said, "The Japanese government, as the offender, should actively implement follow-up measures such as thoroughly identifying the truth, yet it silently pushed that duty on to the government of the victims."
The council stated, "The governments of the two countries, which should take the comfort women issue as a lesson from history and prevent recurrence of such a tragedy, expressed that they will not even mention this issue anymore. It is unfair to declare a final solution in this manner regardless of the wishes of the victims."
The council also sent this letter to a number of related officials and organizations within the UN, such as the UN special representative of the secretary-general on sexual violence in conflict, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women, the UN special rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation, and guarantees of non-recurrence, the UN special rapporteur on torture, and the UN committee for civil and political rights.
Earlier, Secretary Ban Ki-moon had called President Park Geun-hye to deliver a New Years' greeting on January 1 and said that history would highly evaluate the right decision President Park made with a grand vision concerning the comfort women agreement between South Korea and Japan.
In the letter, the council said, "You, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have also expressed your welcome to the latest agreement, but the comfort women victims cannot hide their disappointment and are appealing that they cannot accept this as an apology by the Japanese government." The council continued, "The latest agreement did not in any way reflect the human rights principles of the United Nations and the international community that a victim-oriented approach should be taken when resolving a serious human rights violation, driving the victims into despair."
Furthermore, the council said, "The Japanese government, as the offender, should actively implement follow-up measures such as thoroughly identifying the truth, yet it silently pushed that duty on to the government of the victims."
The council stated, "The governments of the two countries, which should take the comfort women issue as a lesson from history and prevent recurrence of such a tragedy, expressed that they will not even mention this issue anymore. It is unfair to declare a final solution in this manner regardless of the wishes of the victims."
The council also sent this letter to a number of related officials and organizations within the UN, such as the UN special representative of the secretary-general on sexual violence in conflict, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women, the UN special rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation, and guarantees of non-recurrence, the UN special rapporteur on torture, and the UN committee for civil and political rights.
Earlier, Secretary Ban Ki-moon had called President Park Geun-hye to deliver a New Years' greeting on January 1 and said that history would highly evaluate the right decision President Park made with a grand vision concerning the comfort women agreement between South Korea and Japan.
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