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한인유권자 센터는 5월 29일 현제 Evans Lane(Congressman 이리노이즈 제 17 하원의원, 민주당)이 하원에 제일 먼저 상정한 'Comfort Women' 결의안 H.Res. 759결의안(일본군 강제위안부에 대한 일본의 사과와 일본의 교과서에 실상을 제대로 기술하도록 권고하는 결의안) 하원에서 통과하도록 요청하는 편지를 하원 국제관계 위원회를 비롯하여 7개 위원회 앞으로 발송하였고, 전국의 상하 의원들에게 팩스와 편지발송을 하였다.

현재 까지 34명의 하원의원들이 지지 서명을 하고 있다.

결의안에 서명한 의원들 명단

H.RES.759
Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge and accept responsibility for its sexual enslavement of young women, known to the world as "comfort women", during its colonial occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Evans, Lane [IL-17] (introduced 4/4/2006)      Cosponsors (34)
Related Bills: H.CON.RES.68
Latest Major Action: 4/4/2006 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
COSPONSORS(34), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] – 4/26/2006    Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] – 5/23/2006    
Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2] – 5/9/2006    Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [GU] – 4/26/2006    
Rep Case, Ed [HI-2] – 5/2/2006    Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] – 4/26/2006    
Rep Davis, Jo Ann [VA-1] – 5/23/2006    Rep English, Phil [PA-3] – 4/26/2006    
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] – 4/26/2006    Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] – 4/26/2006    
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] – 4/26/2006    Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] – 4/26/2006    
Rep Jefferson, William J. [LA-2] – 5/16/2006    Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] – 4/26/2006    
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] – 5/16/2006    Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] – 4/26/2006    
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] – 4/26/2006    Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] – 5/2/2006    
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] – 4/26/2006    Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] – 5/23/2006    
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] – 4/26/2006    Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] – 4/26/2006    
Rep Miller, George [CA-7] – 4/26/2006    Rep Miller, Jeff [FL-1] – 4/26/2006    
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] – 5/2/2006    Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] – 5/9/2006    
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] – 5/2/2006    Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] – 4/26/2006    
Rep Royce, Edward R. [CA-40] – 4/26/2006    Rep Sanders, Bernard [VT] – 5/9/2006    
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] – 5/23/2006    Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] – 4/4/2006    
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] – 5/3/2006    Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] – 4/26/2006    

결의안 내용 원문

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge and accept responsibility for its sexual enslavement of young women, known… (Introduced in House)

H.RES. 759 IH

109th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. RES. 759

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge and accept responsibility for its sexual enslavement of young women, known to the world as `comfort women', during its colonial occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 4, 2006

Mr. EVANS (for himself and Mr. SMITH of New Jersey) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge and accept responsibility for its sexual enslavement of young women, known to the world as `comfort women', during its colonial occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II, and for other purposes.

Whereas the Government of Japan, during its colonial occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II, organized the subjugation and kidnapping, for the sole purpose of sexual servitude, of young women, who became known to the world as `comfort women';

Whereas the `comfort women' tragedy was one of the largest cases of human trafficking in the 20th century;

Whereas the enslavement of comfort women was officially commissioned and orchestrated by the Government of Japan to include gang rape, forced abortions, sexual violence, human trafficking, and numerous other crimes against humanity;

Whereas the comfort women included girls as young as 13 years of age and women separated from their own children;

Whereas the comfort women were either abducted from their homes or lured into sexual servitude under false pretenses;

Whereas many comfort women were eventually killed or driven to commit suicide when the hostilities ceased;

Whereas the use of `comfort women' is considered a current as well as past human rights issue;

Whereas the shame connected to their ordeal caused many comfort women to conceal it and caused many others to come forward about their experiences only in recent years;

Whereas historians conclude that as many as 200,000 women were enslaved, but very few of them survive today;

Whereas the Government of Japan did not fully disclose these war crimes during negotiations for reparations with its former enemies and occupied countries;

Whereas some textbooks used in Japanese schools minimize the `comfort women' tragedy and other atrocities, and distort the Japanese role in war crimes during World War II; and

Whereas Japanese Government officials, both elected and career, as recently as June 2005, praised the removal of the term `comfort women' from Japanese textbooks: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan–

(1) should formally acknowledge and accept responsibility for its sexual enslavement of young women, known to the world as `comfort women', during its colonial occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II;

(2) should educate current and future generations about this horrible crime against humanity;

(3) should publicly, strongly, and repeatedly refute any claims that the subjugation and enslavement of comfort women never occurred; and

(4) should follow the recommendations of the United Nations and Amnesty International with respect to the `comfort women'.

* kavc님에 의해서 게시물 이동되었습니다 (2008-07-30 07:11)