comfort women

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Ms. Gil Won-ok, one of the victims who were drafted by Japan as so-called “comfort women” during the Second World War. At right is Yoo Soon-taek, wife of Mr. Ban.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Voices of survivors must be heard, UN chief says after meeting ‘comfort women’ victim

11 March 2016
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need to put the victims who were drafted by Japan as so-called “comfort women” during the Second World War at the centre of any resolution of the issue, following a meeting at United Nations Headquarters with one of the victims.
Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Bangura briefs the press.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Japanese-Korean accord on ‘comfort women’ must be speedily implemented, says UN official

31 December 2015
Commending the Governments of Japan and the Republic of Korea on their landmark agreement to resolve the longstanding issue of ‘comfort women,’ a senior United Nations human rights official today called for its speedy implementation to heal the still raw wound.