US EditionGhana Seeks Formal UN Acknowledgement of African Slave Trade Injustice
Ghana's President Mahama aims to secure apologies and reparations for the transatlantic slave trade, with a UN resolution planned for March following AU advocacy.
- At the UN General Assembly in March, John Mahama, President of Ghana, will table a resolution seeking recognition of the transatlantic slave trade as the 'gravest crime against humanity'.
- Building on the AU Year of Justice, Mahama reported progress during the 39th Assembly of African Union Heads of State on advancing justice, reparations, and AU reparations committees.
- Data cited for context include the transatlantic slave trade forcibly moving over 12.5 million individuals, while the International Labour Organization found modern slavery increased by 10 million to 50 million worldwide, with $236 billion in illicit profits annually.
- Mahama urged member states to strengthen institutions, establish national reparations commissions, and engage the global community to secure apologies, restitution, and binding agreements.
- International bodies warn that modern slavery is rising, with 52 per cent of forced labour and a quarter of forced marriages in upper-middle or high-income countries, the UN says.
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Ghana seeks formal UN acknowledgement of African slave trade injustice
Ghana will submit a resolution to the United Nations General Assembly in March to designate the African slave trade as "the most serious crime against humanity," Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama announced on Sunday during the African Union Summit in Ethiopia.
Ghana's Mahama seeks UN recognition of slave trade as gravest crime
The President of Ghana, John Mahama, is seeking global recognition of the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity. Mahama has initiated processes to table a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly in March, a move first announced during the 80th Session of UNGA in September 2025. “Reparatory justice will not be handed to us. Like independence, it must be secured through unity and determination,” he wrote in a po…
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der Standard DEThe President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama wants to present a resolution to the Uno General Assembly in March
For John Dramani Mahama, who made this announcement and claimed to be speaking in concert with the countries of the Caribbean Community, it is "not just a financial compensation, it is a matter of restoring the historical truth".
"The transatlantic slave trade was the greatest injustice and crime against humanity," said Ghanaian President John Mahama at the close of the annual AU summit in Addis Ababa.
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has called on member states to support a resolution aimed at recognizing the historical injustices caused by the transatlantic slave trade.
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