From UNSCR 1325 and the Korean and the Japanese National Action Plan to the Solution of the Problem of the Japanese Military Comfort Women

Abstract

The United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1325 on women-peace-security on 31 October 2000 while reaffirming women s important role in preventing and resolving conflicts, peace negotiations, peace-building, and peacekeeping and in post-conflict reconstruction, and requiring their equal participation in the significant process relating to peace and security. This essay aims to introduce the background and contents of UNSCR 1325 and to present a method of solution of the problem of the Japanese military comfort women after comparing the Korean and the Japanese national action plan. As a research method, I study the background of adopting UNSCR 1325 and the following resolutions and the matters to execute and then compare the two national action plans of Korea and Japan while observing the process of establishing and executing them. The conclusion says that the woman representatives of the two countries, according to their action plans, should negotiate the historical problem prior to the governmental officials on the basis of the female fellowship.