UN Declares Slave Trade 'Gravest Crime Against Humanity'
The UN resolution, supported by 123 countries, calls for reparatory justice including apologies and restitution for the transatlantic slave trade's enduring impact.
- On Wednesday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Ghana-led resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans the "gravest crime against humanity," passing with 123 votes in favor, 3 against, and 52 abstentions.
- Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama led the initiative as a "safeguard against forgetting" the at least 12.5 million Africans forcibly transported across the Atlantic over four centuries.
- The resolution urges member states to consider formal apologies and financial compensation, while calling for the "prompt and unhindered restitution" of looted cultural artifacts to their countries of origin.
- Argentina, Israel, and the United States voted against the measure, with Deputy U.S. Ambassador Dan Negrea objecting to the "attempt to rank crimes against humanity" and rejecting legal reparations claims.
- While non-binding, the resolution initiates formal diplomatic dialogue on reparatory justice, aligning with the African Union's "Decade of Action on Reparations" to confront historical state-sanctioned wrongs.
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