Comfort women history may enter UNESCO archives
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="China">China</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="submitted">submitted</span> <span word="applications">applications</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="UNESCO">UNESCO</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="preserve">preserve</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="archives">archives</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="prove">prove</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="suffering">suffering</span> <span word="of">of</span> "<span word="comfort">comfort</span> <span word="women">women</span>" <span word="and">and</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="body">body</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Memory">Memory</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="program">program</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="application">application</span> <span word="follows">follows</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="comments">comments</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="leading">leading</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="politicians">politicians</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="academics">academics</span> <span word="casting">casting</span> <span word="doubt">doubt</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plight">plight</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="comfort">comfort</span> <span word="women">women</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="Imperial">Imperial</span> <span word="Army">Army</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="forcing">forcing</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="captured">captured</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="occupied">occupied</span> <span word="lands">lands</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="sex">sex</span> <span word="slaves">slaves</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="brothels">brothels</span>.</p><p><span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="applications">applications</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="UNESCO">UNESCO</span> <span word="regarding">regarding</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Nanjing">Nanjing</span> <span word="Massacre">Massacre</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="comfort">comfort</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="aim">aim</span> <span word="to">to</span> "<span word="remember">remember</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="history">history</span>, <span word="cherish">cherish</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="peace">peace</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="avert">avert</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="inhuman">inhuman</span> <span word="atrocities">atrocities</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="again">again</span>", <span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="spokeswoman">spokeswoman</span> <span word="Hua">Hua</span> <span word="Chunying">Chunying</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Memory">Memory</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="initiative">initiative</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="safeguard">safeguard</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="documentary">documentary</span> <span word="heritage">heritage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="humanity">humanity</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="experiences">experiences</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="neglect">neglect</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="denial">denial</span>.</p><p><span word="Su">Su</span> <span word="Zhiliang">Zhiliang</span>, <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="China">China</span> <span word="Sex">Sex</span> <span word="Slave">Slave</span> <span word="Research">Research</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="Normal">Normal</span> <span word="University">University</span>, <span word="underscored">underscored</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="urgency">urgency</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="applying">applying</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UNESCO">UNESCO</span> <span word="program">program</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="historical">historical</span> <span word="archives">archives</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="prove">prove</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="army">army</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="conducted">conducted</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sexual">sexual</span> <span word="slavery">slavery</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="widespread">widespread</span> <span word="behavior">behavior</span>," <span word="Su">Su</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="seminar">seminar</span>.</p><p><span word="There">There</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="stark">stark</span> <span word="example">example</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="revisionist">revisionist</span> <span word="voices">voices</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="levels">levels</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Shinzo">Shinzo</span> <span word="Abe">Abe</span> <span word="explicitly">explicitly</span> <span word="denounced">denounced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="cabinet">cabinet</span> <span word="secretary">secretary</span> <span word="Yohei">Yohei</span> <span word="Kono">Kono</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> "<span word="Kono">Kono</span> <span word="Statement">Statement</span>". <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>, <span word="made">made</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 20 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="Kono">Kono</span> <span word="apologized">apologized</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Japan">Japan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="wartime">wartime</span> <span word="atrocities">atrocities</span> <span word="regarding">regarding</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="comfort">comfort</span> <span word="women">women</span>.</p>
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