Okinawa’s governor takes plea to UN Human Rights Council to bring base issues to attention of international community. (19se23)
Splendor of Okinawa: Cypress vine, roadside Uruma, 7se23 (GENEVA: JIJI) On 18 September, Okinawa Prefecture Governor Denny Tamaki arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, to attend the UN Human Rights Council session there. The governor explained the facts of the centralization of bases for US Military Forces in Japan in his prefecture and their huge burden on his people. He asserted, “Our peace is under threat. Our participation in making decisions according to our will has been thwarted!” The governor further pleaded that these issues ought also to be of concern to the international community. After an 8 year hiatus, Governor Tamaki is the second Okinawa Prefecture Governor to speak on the base issues at the Human Rights Council since 2015, when the late Governor Takeshi Onaga (deceased: 2018) spoke there. Original Japanese article: JIJI.COM, published Tuesday 19 September 2023 at 06:05. https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/601b9dad1a9a0ab3ee0f173fc176b8cb276228d4 Denny in the News: news...