The 63rd CEDAW - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women examines reports of Japan An Expert noted that human rights violations were considered to occur until the victims had received satisfaction. Could the delegation explain the legal status of the agreement with the Republic of Korea, and how it would be implemented? What steps would be taken to properly investigate the role of the Japanese military? What steps would be taken to acknowledge, apologize and provide reparation to the victims, including foreign victims? Shinsuke Sugiyama, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs； Responding to the questions regarding comfort women, the delegation repeated that by the agreement between Japan and the Republic of Korea, the two Governments confirmed that the issue of comfort women was finally and irreversibly resolved. A full-scale fact-finding study had been conducted by the Government of Japan in the early 1990s. However, “forceful taking away” of comfort women by the military and government authorities could not be confirmed in any of the documents that the Government of Japan was able to identify in that study. Furthermore, the figure of 200,000 persons as the number of comfort women also lacked concrete evidence. Women who had been requisitioned as labor force on the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan, sometimes on a voluntary basis, had been confused with cases of comfort women, and the expression “sex-slaves” contradicted the facts. The delegation also explained that the Government of Japan had been sincerely dealing with that issue through the Asian Women’s Fund, while, in accordance with the San Francisco Peace Treaty and other relevant bilateral treaties, the issues of reparations, property and claims of the relevant parties to those agreements, including the issue of claims by individuals, had already been legally settled. UN council member： An Expert said that the answer of the delegation on the issue of comfort women was unacceptable and contradictory. On the one hand, the Government of Japan denied the existence of comfort women, while on another hand, the Government reached an agreement on that same issue. If Japan was so willing to solve the issue, would it send an apology to all comfort women, who had been waiting for their situation to be recognized for over 70 years? Shinsuke Sugiyama； In response to the comments made by an Expert, the delegation explained that the agreement between Japan and the Republic of Korea explicitly confirmed that the issue of comfort women was finally and irreversibly resolved. It was not true that the Japanese Government denied history. The Japanese Government was painfully aware of its responsibilities and offered its sincere apologies and remorse. The involvement of the military with regard to the establishment of comfort stations had been acknowledged in the past. However, the figure of 200,000 persons as the number of comfort women lacked concrete evidence. The expression “sex-slaves” also contradicted the facts, and it was regrettable that a Committee Member had raised points contradicting the facts. UN press release related to this video. http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pa... [Comfort women related PLAY LIST] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrg3JL4D56U&list;=PLdHH2PEcI9wHdHuRmluDH_GMc42vbibnd --------------------------------------------------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­-------------------- ■テキサス親父の最新字幕版動画をアップとニュース等を同時にお知らせ！■ ツイッターで@MR_DIECOCKをフォローまたは、フェイスブックはShun Fergusonに友達申請して頂ければ自動的にお知らせ。 テキサス親父のtwitter IDは、@MrTexasDaddy です。 フォローしてみてください♪ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­-------------------- テキサス親父日本事務局　 http://texas-daddy.com テキサス親父日本事務局　スタッフブログ http://staff.texas-daddy.com テキサス親父日本事務局　第1チャンネル http://www.youtube.com/user/OUTSIDESOUND テキサス親父日本事務局　第2チャンネル http://www.youtube.com/user/Propagand... テキサス親父日本事務局　第3チャンネル（韓国語チャンネル） http://www.youtube.com/user/Propagand... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------­--- テキサス親父、テキサス親父の動画、その他に関しての ご意見、ご要望その他は、info@texas-daddy.com まで。 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------­---

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