Action plan and resolutions

 

On the 10th of February in 2014, the Korean and Chinese communities agreed to form a " United Austral Korean-Chinese Alliance against the Japanese War Crimes". Soon after formation of the Alliance, we held the first combined function on the 1st March at Strathfield Square. On behalf of Korean-Chinese Australians, we would like to make the following action plans and resolutions to deter the recent motives initiated by Japanese Prime Minister Abe and his aides.

 

We are determined to:

Increase public awareness about the Japanese government’s hidden policy of neo-militarism, distortion of war history and war crimes, including the use of sex slaves and the Nanjing Massacre.

 

Erect a girls’ statue that represents those who were forced to work as sex slaves, commonly known as ‘comfort women’. The purpose of this statue is to inform growing second generations of Korean and Chinese in Australia and Australian citizens of the brutality and atrocity suffered by hundreds of thousands of women during the Second World War. We would like to further educate the generations to learn the lessons from history so that we can prevent this dark past from happening again in the future.

 

Circulate a petition with the aim of collecting 10,000 signatures to disseminate widespread community support for this cause.

 

Further, we urge:

the Australian government to put continuous pressure on the Japanese government until we receive a formal apology from the Japanese government and compensation for the violation of human rights towards around 200,000 women during World War Two.

 

The United Nations (UN) to set up a special committee for further investigation of Japan’s war crimes and violation of human rights and to disseminate the findings of the committee to all the members of the UN nations.

 

We declare that we will continue to protest against the Japanese Government’s public position on the issue of comfort women.