Senate Resolution No. 304
BY: Senator AVELLA
MEMORIALIZING a Memorial Monument in the State of
New York that pays tribute to those who have become
known to the world as 'Comfort Women'
WHEREAS, During the Japanese colonial and wartime occupation of Asia
and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War
II, approximately 200,000 young women were coerced into the Comfort
Women system of forced military prostitution; and
WHEREAS, On June 16, 2012, the Comfort Women Memorial Monument was
established in the Veterans Memorial at Eisenhower Park in Westbury, New
York, to honor and commemorate the victims of the Comfort Women system;
and
WHEREAS, The Memorial Monument, being the second memorial of its
kind in the United States, symbolizes suffering endured by comfort women
and serves as a reminder of the crime against humanity committed through
the Comfort Women system; and
WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize
historical monuments within the State of New York that are established
to increase awareness of serious events that have taken place in
history; and
WHEREAS, The United Nations reports that 2.4 million people across
the globe are victims of human trafficking at any one time, and 80
percent of them are being exploited as sexual slaves; now, therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize a Memorial Monument in the State of New York that pays
tribute to those who have become known to the world as 'Comfort Women';
and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to the Korean American Public Affairs Committee, the
Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center and Korean American Civic
Empowerment.
