UN votes to recognise slavery as 'gravest crime against humanity'

Mar 25, 2026 · 554 words · By Wedaeli Chibelushi

📰 Original article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg06q36052o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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Summary: The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity. The resolution, proposed by Ghana, calls for reparations and the return of looted cultural artifacts, with mixed international support. Ghana's foreign minister emphasized justice for victims, while some countries opposed the measure.

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“The United Nations General Assembly has voted to recognise the slave trade as 'the gravest crime against humanity'”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to confirm or refute the UN General Assembly's vote on slave trade recognition

“The resolution - proposed by Ghana - called for this designation, while also urging UN member states to consider apologising for the slave trade and contributing to a reparations fund”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to verify details about Ghana's proposed resolution content

“The proposal was adopted with 123 votes in favour and three against - the United States, Israel and Argentina”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to confirm vote counts or specific country positions

“Fifty-two countries abstained, including the United Kingdom and European Union member states”

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“Countries like the UK have long rejected paying reparations, saying today's institutions cannot be held responsible for past wrongs”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to confirm UK's historical position on reparations

“Between 1500 and 1800, around 12-15 million people were captured in Africa and taken to the Americas where they were forced to work as slaves”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to verify the estimated number of people captured

“It is estimated that over two million people died on the journey”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to confirm mortality statistics during the transatlantic slave trade

“The resolution, backed by the African Union and the Caribbean Community, states that the consequences of slavery persist in the form of racial inequalities and underdevelopment 'affecting Africans and people of African descent in all parts of the world'”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to verify the resolution's specific statements about slavery's consequences

“The resolution also calls for cultural artefacts stolen during the colonial era to be returned to their countries of origin”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to confirm the resolution's provisions on cultural artefact return

“Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama told the UN on Tuesday that the resolution was 'historic' and 'a safeguard against forgetting'”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence found in archive to verify Ghana's president's statements about the resolution

“Trump's orders have led to moves such as the restoration of Confederate statues and an attempt to dismantle a slavery exhibit in Philadelphia”

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