加拿大联邦国会议员关慧贞再次要求特鲁多总理订立南京大屠杀纪念日

December 13th marks the 81st anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre. 

In recognition of the crimes against humanity and in the spirit of "never again", I am calling on the Government to declare December 13 of every year as Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day.

Up to 300,000 people were killed.

An estimated 200,000 women from occupied territories in Asia were tricked or coerced by the Japanese Imperial army into sexual slavery.

The UN recognizes 19 countries where sexual violence is used as a tactic of war.

If we can learn from history and commit to preventing it from happening again, humanity benefits.

Order of Canada recipients – Joy Kogawa, Dr. Joseph Wong from Canada ALPHA,

Satoko Norimatsu, from Japanese Canadians in Support of Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day;

CACA, NCCC, CCC of Greater Vancouver and Toronto;

the Korean Senior Citizens of Greater Vancouver,

the Canada-Philippines in Solidarity for Human Rights.

Along with close to 40 thousand petitioners across the country are in support of this call for action.  

I hope all Members of the House will too.


      本社译文：

      12月13日是南京大屠杀81周年。
 
      为了表彰危害人类罪“永不再来”的精神，我呼吁政府将每年的12月13日宣布为南京大屠杀纪念日。
 
多达30万人遇难。
 
      据估计，来自亚洲被占领土的20万妇女被日本帝国军队欺骗或强迫进入性奴役状态。
 
      联合国承认19个国家将性暴力用作战争策略。
 
      如果我们能够从历史中吸取教训并致力于防止它再次发生，那么人类就会受益。
 
      加拿大勋章获得者--来自加拿大ALPHA的Joy Kogawa和Joseph Wong博士，
 
      来自日本的加拿大人Satoko Norimatsu，支持南京大屠杀纪念日；
 
      大温哥华和多伦多的CACA，NCCC和CCC，
 
      大温哥华的Korean Senior Citizens of Greater Vancouver（韩国老年人组织），
 
      the Canada-Philippines in Solidarity for Human Rights（加拿大--菲律宾团结人权组织），
 
      与全国近4万名请愿者一道支持这一呼吁行动。
 
      我希望所有的众议院议员也一样。