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UN classes slave trade as 'gravest crime against humanity'

Deutsche Welle · · 652 words · By Kate Hairsine
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“UN classes slave trade as 'gravest crime against humanity'”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a yearly basis. The president is the chair and presiding of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as its main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ. Currently in i…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A United Nations General Assembly resolution is a decision or declaration voted on by all member states of the United Nations in the General Assembly. General Assembly resolutions usually require a si…
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“The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution recognizing the trafficking of enslaved Africans as the 'gravest crime against humanity.'”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Nations General Assembly has granted observer status to international organizations, entities, and non-member states, to enable them to participate in the work of the United Nations General…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A United Nations General Assembly resolution is a decision or declaration voted on by all member states of the United Nations in the General Assembly. General Assembly resolutions usually require a si…
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“123 countries voted in favor of the resolution”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United Nations Security Council Resolution 123 was adopted on February 21, 1957, after the conflict over Jammu and Kashmir intensified. The council requested that the President of the Security Council…
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“The United States, Israel and Argentina were the only countries to vote against Wednesday's non-binding resolution”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The United States, Israel and Argentina were the only countries to vote against Wednesday's non-binding resolution
https://www.dw.com/en/un-recognizes-slave-trade-as-gravest-c…
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“The transatlantic slave trade between the 15th and 19th centuries involved the kidnapping, enslavement and transport of at least 12.5 million Africans to the Americas and the Caribbean”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The transatlantic slave trade between the 15th and 19th centuries involved the kidnapping, enslavement and transport of at least 12.5 million Africans to the Americas and the Caribbean
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The transatlantic slave trade between the 15th and 19th centuries involved the kidnapping, enslavement and transport of at least 12.5 million Africans to the Americas and the Caribbean.
https://www.news24.com/world/africa/un-classes-slave-trade-a…
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“Conditions on the journey were so horrific that only 10.7 million survived”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Conditions on the journey were so horrific that only 10.7 million survived
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“The resolution is entitled 'Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime Against Humanity.'”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The resolution is entitled 'Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime Against Humanity.'
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“The resolution 'unequivocally condemns the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans, slavery and the transatlantic slave trade as the most inhumane and enduring injustice against humanity.'”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The resolution 'unequivocally condemns the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans, slavery and the transatlantic slave trade as the most inhumane and enduring …
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cross reference SUPPORTS — It 'unequivocally condemns the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans, slavery and the transatlantic slave trade as the most inhumane and enduring injustice ag…
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“The Netherlands remains the only European country to have issued a formal apology for its role in slavery”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The Netherlands remains the only European country to have issued a formal apology for its role in slavery.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The Netherlands remains the only European country to have issued a formal apology for its role in slavery
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cross reference SUPPORTS — UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres told the General Assembly that 'far bolder action' was required from more states to confront historical injustices. The Netherlands remains the only European coun…
https://www.businessday.co.za/world/2026-03-25-un-adopts-res…
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“The main European nations involved in slaving were Portugal, Spain, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The main European nations involved in slaving were Portugal, Spain, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden
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“The US does not recognize a legal right to reparations for historical wrongs that were not illegal under international law at the time they occurred”
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“The EU representative said the bloc would have supported a resolution highlighting the 'scale of the atrocity' but raised 'legal and factual' concerns”
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