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National 121 Coalition Welcomes Vote on 'Comfort Women' Resolution
WASHINGTON, June 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 121 Coalition, a
national coalition representing nearly 200 civic organizations committed to
defending the human rights of "Comfort Women" survivors, enthusiastically
welcomes today's passage of House Resolution 121 in the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs. The resolution, designated as H.Res. 121, was introduced
by Representative Michael Honda (D-California) last January. It expresses
"the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan
should formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical
responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner for its Imperial Armed
Force's coercion of young women into sexual slavery, known to the world as
'comfort women,' during its colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the
Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II."
H.Res. 121 has received bipartisan support from 149 co-sponsors and
today's vote is an indication that this historic resolution is headed for
passage by the full House of Representatives. "We commend the leadership of
Chairman Tom Lantos for championing H.Res.121 before the full Committee on
Foreign Affairs," said Annabel Park, National Coordinator for the 121
Coalition. "We now respectfully ask Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority
Leader Steny Hoyer to schedule consideration of H.Res.121 on the House
Floor as soon as possible."
Members of the coalition feel that passage of H.Res.121 will send an
important message to the Government of Japan that the remaining "Comfort
Women" survivors deserve justice and the restoration of their fundamental
dignity, and that truth, reconciliation, and stability in the region
require Japan's acknowledgment of historical responsibility for its World
War II-era policies. From 1932 through the end of World War II, during its
colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands, the
Government of Japan organized the systematic trafficking, enslavement, and
brutal rape of 200,000 girls and women. H.Res.121 calls on the Government
of Japan to officially acknowledge and accept responsibility in a clear and
unequivocal manner for organizing and maintaining this system of sexual
slavery.
The 121 Coalition, comprised of human rights and pan-Asian civic
organizations from across the United States, remains deeply committed and
fundamentally united in our support for this important human and women's
rights issue.
For more information about H.Res. 121, please visit
http://www.support121.org.
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