In 2017, archives related to the "comfort women" issue nominated to the UNESCO Memory of the World Register were not inscribed. This entry records the public information of that nomination.
I. Nomination: In November 2017, UNESCO announced the list of new inscriptions to the Memory of the World Register; the "comfort women" archives were not included. (Sources: China News Service 2017-11; UNESCO list)
II. Note: This site states the outcome of the nomination as public fact without further commentary. The nomination effort and the 2015 inscription of the Nanjing Massacre archives jointly constitute a continuing attempt at archival-level historical testimony.
(Sources: China News Service 2017-11; UNESCO list. Data date: 2017-11.)