UN Adopts Resolution Classifying Slave Trade as 'Gravest Crime Against Humanity'
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a Ghana-led resolution recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as the 'gravest crime against humanity' and calling for reparatory justice, despite the United States and some European countries rejecting the vote, with Tempo.co English also confirming the UN's classification.
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UN calls for reparations to remedy the ‘historical wrongs’ of trafficking enslaved Africans - AP News
UN calls for reparations to remedy the ‘historical wrongs’ of trafficking enslaved Africans AP News
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The landmark resolution calls for an apology and contributions to a reparations fund, without specifying an amount.
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The United Nations resolution was led by the president of Ghana. Israel and Argentina also voted against it.
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UN calls for reparatory justice as landmark resolution aims for ‘political recognition at the highest level’ The United Nations has voted to describe the transatlantic chattel slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” and called for reparations as “a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs”. The landmark resolution passed on Wednesday was backed by the African Union (AU) and the Caribbean Community (Caricom), and proposed by Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama, who said...
By Eromo Egbejule in Abidjan
Read full article →UN calls for reparations to remedy the 'historical wrongs' of trafficking enslaved Africans
The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans "the gravest crime against humanity" and calling for reparations.
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The UN has adopted a Ghana-led resolution recognising transatlantic slavery as the “gravest crime against humanity”.
Read full article →UN designates African slave trade as ‘gravest crime against humanity’
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday designated the transatlantic African slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”, despite opposition by the United States and some European countries. In a move advocates hailed as a step towards healing and possible reparations, the resolution was adopted to applause by a vote of 123 in favour, three against and 52 abstentions. The US, Israel and Argentina opposed the measure, while Britain and EU member states abstained. Ghana’s President John...
By Agence France-Presse
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The UN General Assembly on Wednesday designated the transatlantic African slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity" in a move advocates hailed as a step towards healing and possible reparations. The United States, Israel and Argentina opposed the measure while Britain and EU member states abstained.
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United States opposed the resolution which also called for reparations to address historical injustices
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Read full article →Ghana is pursuing a UN resolution that considers African slavery ‘the most serious crime against humanity’
The text, which has the support of much of the Global South, including the 55 countries of the African Union and the Caribbean Community, represents a ‘legal claim’ and ‘accountability’ for the abuses committed by colonizers, according to the Ghanaian government
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Read full article →UN adopts Ghana's slavery resolution, defying resistance from US, Europe - The Straits Times
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The United Nations General Assembly is due to vote on Wednesday on a resolution that would designate the transatlantic African slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity", a move that supporters describe as both historic and essential to global healing.
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Read full article →UN votes to declare transatlantic slave trade crime against humanity
Only three countries voted against the resolution: Argentina, Israel, and the US. The post UN votes to declare transatlantic slave trade crime against humanity appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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Read full article →UN designates African slave trade ‘gravest crime against humanity’
The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday designated the trafficking of enslaved Africans as “the gravest crime against humanity” and called for reparations as a “concrete step toward...
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The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the ‘gravest crime against humanity,’ advancing calls for justice. Read More: https://punchng.com/un-declares-transatlantic-slave-trade-gravest-crime-against-humanity/
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Ghana's President John Mahama, one of the African Union's most vocal supporters of slavery reparations, was at the United Nations headquarters in New York to support the vote. The post UN designates African slave trade as ‘gravest crime against humanity’ appeared first on Vanguard News.
By Henry Oduah
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The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has described the adoption of the United Nations resolution on the transatlantic slave trade as “an emphatic victory for justice,” saying it restores the dignity and humanity of Africans and people of African descent.
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Qatar was among 123 countries that voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution on Wednesday, declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans and the enslavement of Africans on racial… (The post Qatar among 123 states supporting UN resolution condemning transatlantic slavery is from Doha News | Qatar.)
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