A high-ranking official of the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council that the comfort women issue should be dealt with as a universal human rights issue, and reiterated its importance as a human rights issue to the international community. ..
However, I did not directly blame the Japanese government.
Choi Jung-mun, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, addressed the issue of comfort women in a speech at the UN Human Rights Council meeting held online on the 23rd, saying that "it should be dealt with as a universal human rights issue." I did.
On that basis, he reiterated the importance of the comfort women issue as a human rights issue to the international community, saying, "We must prevent the recurrence of serious human rights violations during such conflicts."
In addition, Deputy Minister Choi said, "We will continue to make efforts based on the victim-centered principle to restore the dignity and honor of the victims," and the Korean government will strive to solve the problem while listening to the opinions of former comfort women. Was emphasized.
However, he did not mention that the Korean court ordered the Japanese government to compensate for the comfort women issue last month, and did not directly blame the Japanese government.
Regarding this ruling, the Government of Japan said, "It is clearly contrary to the agreement between international law and Japan and South Korea. It is our responsibility as a nation to take appropriate measures to immediately correct the situation of violation of international law. I strongly urge you to take action. We will take all possible options into consideration and respond properly. "
Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato "No remarks are accepted"
At a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said, "In light of the Japan-Korea agreement, which confirmed the final and irreversible solution to the comfort women issue, such statements are not accepted at all yesterday. Ambassador Yamazaki of the Permanent Mission of Japan to the Geneva International Organization has just made an offer to the South Korean side, and after that, he plans to properly assert Japan's position in exercising his right to answer. "