The United Nations (UN) has adopted a resolution declaring the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement as the Gravest Crime against Humanity.
At the UN General Assembly in New York on March 25, where the resolution was tabled by the President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, 123 Member States voted in favour of the resolution.
While the United States, Israel and Argentina voted against the resolution, 52 other countries abstained.
In a statement, Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, expressed gratitude to supporters of the resolution.
“We are immensely and eternally grateful to the UN, all 123 Member States who voted emphatically for Ghana’s Resolution and express limitless appreciation to our broad coalition of people of good conscience across the world.”
The adoption of the resolution, he said, restores humanity, dignity and respect of African ancestors and Africans across the world.
“Resolution A/80/L.48, declaring the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialised Chattel Enslavement as the Gravest Crime against Humanity, has not merely been overwhelmingly adopted by the UN General Assembly, it has victoriously delivered justice to more than 12.5 million victims of the transatlantic slave trade.”
Story by Hajara Fuseini
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