UN classes slave trade as 'gravest crime against humanity'
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“UN classes slave trade as 'gravest crime against humanity'”
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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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“123 countries voted in favor of the resolution”
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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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“The United Kingdom and all 27 members of the European Union were among the 52 countries which abstained”
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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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“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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“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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“The Netherlands remains the only European country to have issued a formal apology for its role in slavery”
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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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“DW has an excellent two-part documentary on how the world's demand for sugar drove the transatlantic slave trade (available on YouTube)”
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