Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld offered an unambiguous apology Friday to Iraqis abused by their American military jailers.
And she and her sister were among those disappointed when the Irish prime minister, Enda Kenny, failed to issue an official and unambiguous apology for the state's role.
Prof Verene Shepherd, chair of the National Commission on Reparation, told the Jamaica Gleaner that nothing short of an unambiguous apology from Cameron would do.
"Instead of offering an unambiguous apology, Abe's statement is rife with rhetorical twists like 'maintain our position of apology' – dead giveaways of his deep-rooted historical revisionism, which has haunted Japan's neighbourhood relations," it said.
"Today, the House will send a message to the government of Japan that it should deliver an official, unequivocal, unambiguous apology for the indignity the 'comfort women' suffered," said Michael M. Honda, a California Democrat who led the nonbinding resolution.
However the MPs said affected families deserved "an explanation and a full and unambiguous apology", and called on officers who sanctioned the policy to be identified and placed under formal investigation.
While the distinction may seem like semantics to some, for those who have pressed Congress and state legislatures to apologize for slavery, there is a considerable difference between expressing regret — which they consider insufficient — and an unambiguous apology.
Reconciliation took longer still, but in 1997 an editorial in the unionist Belfast News Letter about Bloody Sunday condemned the Paras' "appalling over-reaction" in shooting down people "who were guilty of nothing" and called for "a heartfelt, unambiguous apology from the highest possible source".
The good news is that Davis's campaign manager, immediately recognizing the racist nature of his boss's words, delivered an unambiguous apology to Obama's Senate office.
All we can do is offer them an unreserved and heartfelt apology that is profound, sincere and unambiguous".
