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10 February 2001 |
USA- Japan U.S. submarine Greenville’s collision |
Secretary of State Colin Powell apologizes by telephone to Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono after the U.S. submarine Greenville’s collision with a Japanese fishing boat off Hawaii.
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19 February 2001 |
Zimbabwe-Two foreign journalists Deported |
President Robert Mugabe's information and publicity minister says Zimbabwe owes no one an apology for deporting two foreign journalists.
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22 February 2001 |
USA- Japan-submarine Greenville’s collision |
U.S. Ambassador Thomas Foley apologizes to the Emperor and Empress of Japan for the submarine Greenville’s collision with a Japanese fishing boat.
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28 February 2001 |
USA-submarine Greenville |
Admiral William Fallon apologizes for the collision of the submarine Greenville with a Japanese fishing boat.
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1 March 2001 |
USA-Tulsa Race Riots of 1921 reparations |
The Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riots of 1921 recommends that reparations be paid to survivors.
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19 March 2001 |
Kuwait- Iraq apology |
Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwait's first deputy prime minister and foreign minister, asks Iraq to apologize to Kuwait before the two countries talk about reconciliation.
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4 April 2001 |
USA-collision of a U.S. spy plane with a Chinese fighter jet, |
Secretary of State Colin Powell refuses to apologize to China for the collision of a U.S. spy plane with a Chinese fighter jet, saying “there is nothing to apologize for.”
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4 April 2001 |
China-USA collision between a U.S. Navy spy and a jet Chinese fighter jet |
Chinese President Jiang Zemin demands that the United States apologize for the collision between a U.S. Navy spy jet and a Chinese fighter jet.
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11 April 2001 |
USA- China collision between a US intelligence plane and a Chinese fighter jet |
The U.S. sends China a formal statement of regret over the midair collision between a US intelligence plane and a Chinese fighter jet, but the Bush administration insists “there is no apology.”
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4 May 2001 |
Catholic Church the sack of Constantinople in 1204 |
Pope John Paul II apologizes for the Church’s role in the sack of Constantinople in 1204.
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24 May 2001 |
Japan apologizes for forcing lepers to live in isolation |
Japan apologizes for forcing lepers to live in isolation decades after cures were available and agrees to pay $15 million to plaintiffs who successfully challenged laws that isolated them.
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28 May 2001 |
Catholic Church of Poland -complicity in the killing of 1,6000 Jews |
The Roman Catholic Church of Poland apologizes for complicity in the killing of 1,6000 Jews in Jedwabne during World War II.
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7 June 2001 |
Germany Max Planck Society-Experiments at concentration camps during the Nazi era. |
The head of Germany’s premier basic research organization, the Max Planck Society, apologizes on behalf of its forerunner, the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, some of whose scientists were implicated in medical experiments at concentration camps during the Nazi era.
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23 June 2001 |
Australia- mistreatment of Aborigines |
Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he is personally sorry for mistreatment of Aborigines but opposes a formal national apology because it could encourage claims for compensation.
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4 July 2001 |
Russia-ethnic Germans in Russia |
Russia’s Duma passes a resolution calling on the president “to apologize on the state's behalf to ethnic Germans in Russia who, in the years of reprisals, lived in the USSR territory, met with arbitrariness, were forcibly resettled and restricted in rights for many years.”
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9 July 2001 |
Canada-Chinese head tax. |
In Canada, the Ontario Superior Court dismisses the case Mack v. Canada, in which plaintiffs sought an apology and redress for the Chinese head tax.
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10 July 2001 |
Poland- massacre of Polish Jews during World War II |
Polish President Kwasniewski apologizes for the massacre of Polish Jews during World War II.
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12 July 2001 |
The Palestinian Authority-Israel demolished houses in the southern Gaza Strip |
The Palestinian Authority asks Israel for an apology and compensation for houses in the southern Gaza Strip and near Jerusalem that were demolished by Israeli troops.
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18 August 2001 |
Khmer Rouge- loss of life between 1975 and 1979 |
Former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan apologizes for the loss of life between 1975 and 1979 but denies having knowledge of atrocities, saying “My mistake was that I was too naïve and was out of touch with the real situation.”
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September 2001 |
European Union- slavery and colonialism |
At the United Nations World Conference Against Racism (in South Africa), the European Union issues a statement of apology for slavery and colonialism
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4 September 2001 |
Britain -refuses to apologize for slavery, |
British Prime Minister Tony Blair refuses to apologize for slavery, blocking a European Union action.
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9 September 2001 |
Indonesia - Aceh |
Indonesia president Megawati Sukarnoputri visits the troubled province of Aceh and says she is sorry for mistakes by past governments in the region's separatist war that has left thousands dead.
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18 September 2001 |
Rev. Jerry Falwell -Robertson’s television show remarks on September 11 |
After being criticized by the White House and Pat Robertson, the Rev. Jerry Falwell apologizes for saying on Robertson’s television show “The 700 Club” that God had allowed terrorists to attack America on September 11 because of civil liberties groups, abortion rights supporters, and feminists.
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22 September 2001 |
South African Xhosa prince Xhanti Sigcawu calls for direct talks with Queen Elizabeth |
South African Xhosa prince Xhanti Sigcawu calls for direct talks with Queen Elizabeth to clarify her statements about expressing guilt and/or formally apologizing for colonizing Africa.
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27 September 2001 |
Myoshin-ji sect of Buddhism- religion’s past ties to militarism |
The leaders of the Myoshin-ji sect of Zen Buddhism apologize in Japan for their religion’s past ties to militarism. The leaders acknowledge that their apology is largely motivated by Brian Victoria’s 1997 book “Zen at War,” which details the relationship between Zen leaders and the Japanese military in World War II.
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