도쿄올림픽 독도 표기 지도 및 욱일기 사용 규탄 집회

스위스 로잔에 위치한 국제올림픽위원회(IOC) 본부 앞에서 직원들의 출퇴근 시간에 맞춰 한인 유학생과 교민들이 도쿄올림픽 사이트 지도 독도 표기와 욱일기를 올림픽 응원에 사용하는 것에 대응하는 집회가 18일(금), 열렸다.

이번 집회에서는 IOC의 정치적 중립과 올림픽 정신을 지키는 책임감 있는 자세를 요구하는 구호가 적힌 피켓과 팜플렛을 사용해 현장을 지나는 직원과 행인들에게 메시지를 전달했다.

집회를 기획한 봉재휘(UNIGE/TUW, 27세)씨는 “국제올림픽위원회는 올림픽이 일본의 정치적인 선전 무대로 변질되는걸 보고도 계속 모른척하고 있다. 평창올림픽 당시, IOC가 일본의 문제제기를 받아들여 남북 단일팀의 한반도기 속 독도는 빼라고 권고했으면서 도쿄 올림픽 홈페이지에 일본 땅으로 그려진 독도는 왜 모른척하는지, 일본의 전범기를 이용한 응원에는 왜 침묵하는지 묻고 싶어 이번 집회를 기획하게 되었다”고 말했다.

강인호 기자 handuru@naver.com

♣번역(구글 번역기) Translation (Google Translate)

In front of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, a rally was held on the 18th (Fri) in response to the use of the Tokyo Olympic site map Dokdo and the Rising Sun flag by Korean students and Koreans in line with the commuting hours of the staff.

At the rally, signs and pamphlets with slogans calling for the IOC's political neutrality and a responsible attitude to uphold the Olympic spirit were used to deliver a message to staff and passersby passing the site.

Bong Jae-hwi (UNIGE/TUW, 27), who organized the rally, said, “The International Olympic Committee continues to be ignorant of the Olympics being transformed into Japanese political propaganda. At the time of the Pyeongchang Olympics, the IOC accepted the Japanese issue and recommended that the unified Korean team remove Dokdo from the Korean Peninsula flag, and asked why they pretend not to know about Dokdo, which is depicted as Japanese territory on the Tokyo Olympic website, and why they remain silent about cheering using Japan's war criminal flag. I wanted to organize this meeting,” he said.

"The International Olympic Committee must not condone Japan's political actions taking place through the Olympic Games."

Can you imagine claiming sovereignty over Alsace-Lorraine and using the Nazi war criminal flag to cheer at the Olympics in Germany? This unacceptable thing is happening at the Tokyo Olympics amid the irresponsible neglect of the International Olympic Committee.

A map showing Dokdo, the territory of the Republic of Korea, as if it were Japanese territory, was uploaded on the official website where the Tokyo Olympic torch relay route was introduced. In addition, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee allowed the use of the imperialist war criminal flags used in World War II in Olympic cheering.

It is clear that this is a political act of claiming unreasonable sovereignty over other countries' territories and evading responsibility for war crimes through the Olympic Games.

[Article 50(2): No demonstrations or political, religious or racial propaganda of any kind are permitted in Olympic venues, venues and other areas.]

The Olympic Charter forbids the use of the Olympics as a means of national political propaganda. However, the actions of the Japanese government over the Tokyo Olympics are in direct violation of the spirit of the Olympics as stipulated in the Olympic Charter.

The International Olympic Committee should actively play its role in protecting the spirit of the Olympic Games by preventing Japan's political use of the Olympic Games.

At the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics in 2018, the International Olympic Committee defined the marking of Dokdo on the map as a “political act” and recommended that it be deleted. in order to uphold the Olympic spirit, willingly accepted the request of the International Olympic Committee.

Why is the current International Olympic Committee unable to act in keeping with the Olympic spirit?”

By Kang In-ho, staff reporter handuru@naver.com