Prime Minister Abe Thinks about Active Cooperation to Prevent Political Use of UNESCO Business August 29, 0:04
Prime Minister Abe met with AZURE Secretary General of UNESCO = United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to reform UNESCO, such as improving the system, in order to prevent the political use of the “World Memory” project that protects ancient documents that are transmitted to the world. Renewed the idea of actively cooperating.
On the 28th, Prime Minister Abe met in Yokohama with AZAD Secretary General of UNESCO = United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization visiting Japan to attend the TICAD = African Development Conference.
In this report, Prime Minister Abe communicated the idea of supporting the development of Africa in the fields of education, culture, and environmental conservation. And showed the idea of cooperation.
In addition, Prime Minister Abe once again communicated and cooperated with the idea of actively cooperating with UNESCO reforms such as institutional improvements in order to prevent the political use of the “World Memory” project, which protects ancient documents transmitted to various parts of the world. We confirmed that we would proceed with our efforts.
Regarding UNESCO's “World Memory” project, materials for the Nanjing Incident were registered four years ago, and civilian organizations such as South Korea and China applied for registration of materials related to comfort women. Therefore, the Japanese government is demanding improvement because the business is being used for politics.