{"id":2583881,"date":"2026-03-26T02:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-resolution-calls-for-reparations-for-gravest-crime-of-transatlantic-slave-trade\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T02:44:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:44:59","slug":"un-resolution-calls-for-reparations-for-gravest-crime-of-transatlantic-slave-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-resolution-calls-for-reparations-for-gravest-crime-of-transatlantic-slave-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"UN resolution calls for reparations for \u2018gravest crime\u2019 of transatlantic slave trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fun-resolution-calls-for-reparations-for-gravest-crime-of-transatlantic-slave-trade%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2583881&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A United Nations General Assembly resolution condemned the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-wasnt-violence-there-wasnt-bloodshed-msnbc-whitewashes-al-sharptons-history\/\" title=\"\u2018There Wasn\u2019t Violence. There Wasn\u2019t Bloodshed\u2019: MSNBC Whitewashes Al Sharpton\u2019s History\">transatlantic slave trade<\/a> as the gravest crime against humanity and urged reparations as a concrete step toward remedying ancient wrongs. Led by Ghana, the measure passed with 123 votes in favor, 3 against (Argentina, Israel, and the United states), and 52 abstentions. It denounces the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel slavery,emphasizing the scale,duration,brutality,and enduring consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The resolution marks the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic slave Trade and calls for accountability and healing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The United States opposed the resolution, arguing that ranking crimes against humanity is problematic and that the text contains politically driven historical framing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama championed the adoption, framing it as a pledge to memory, truth, and reparative justice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; U.S. Ambassador Dan Negrea articulated objections, noting concerns about the text\u2019s historical scope and the ranking of crimes, while affirming opposition to the transatlantic slave trade and other forms of slavery.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">UN resolution calls for reparations for &lsquo;gravest crime&rsquo; of transatlantic slave trade<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2543082\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Wednesday condemning the transatlantic slave trade that occurred between the 16th and 19th centuries and also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/un-vote-africa-slavery-trafficking-reparations-a7497cdb7d24a89eedb50beb683adc0f\">urged<\/a> reparations for it &ldquo;as a concrete step toward remedying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-inside-black-lives-matter-and-its-destructive-agenda\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Inside Black Lives Matter And Its Destructive Agenda\">historical wrongs<\/a>.&rdquo; The resolution was led by Ghana and received 123 votes in support and 3 against. An additional 52 countries abstained from voting. Argentina, Israel, and the United States were the three countries that voted against the resolution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The U.N. resolution <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/un-vote-africa-slavery-trafficking-reparations-a7497cdb7d24a89eedb50beb683adc0f\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">condemned<\/a> &ldquo;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.&rdquo; Among its most prominent grievances listed was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/03\/1167199\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recognizing<\/a> that the &ldquo;trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity by reason of the definitive break in world history, scale, duration, systemic nature, brutality and enduring consequences that continue to structure the lives of all people through racialized regimes of labor, property and capital.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4504160\/russia-drones-aid-iran-war\/\">Russia sending drones to Iran to shore up war effort: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4504109\/bill-pulte-criminal-referral-letitia-james\/\">Bill Pulte files new criminal referral against Trump foe Letitia James<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4503883\/ninth-circuit-california-ammo-background-check\/\">Ninth Circuit grills California over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >gun ammo background check law<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Wednesday declaring the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VJrJwCM9xm\">https:\/\/t.co\/VJrJwCM9xm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UN News (@UN_News_Centre) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN_News_Centre\/status\/2036879839710355484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The resolution and its subsequent adoption occurred on the &ldquo;International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/un-vote-africa-slavery-trafficking-reparations-a7497cdb7d24a89eedb50beb683adc0f\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, who led the resolution&rsquo;s adoption efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, we come together in solemn solidarity to affirm truth and pursue a route to healing and reparative justice,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2026\/03\/1167199\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Mahama. &ldquo;The adoption of this resolution serves as a safeguard against forgetting.&rdquo; Let it be recorded that when history beckoned, we did what was right for the memory of the millions who suffered the indignity of slavery.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. was one of only three countries that voted against the resolution. And explained the reasoning behind voting against it in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/usun.usmission.gov\/explanation-of-vote-for-unga-resolution\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">remarks<\/a> from Ambassador Dan Negrea.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The United States remains steadfast in its opposition to and condemnation of the historic wrongs that resulted from the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the trans-Saharan slave trade, and all other forms of slavery,&rdquo; said Negrea. &ldquo;We remain committed to the acknowledgement that these are historical wrongs. Despite this, the United States observes that the text of this resolution remains highly problematic in countless respects. Consequently, the United States cannot support the adoption of this resolution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The United States also strongly objects to the resolution&rsquo;s attempt to rank crimes against humanity in any type of hierarchy,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/un-vote-africa-slavery-trafficking-reparations-a7497cdb7d24a89eedb50beb683adc0f\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Negrea. &ldquo;The assertion that some crimes against humanity are less severe than others objectively diminishes the suffering of countless victims and survivors of other atrocities throughout history. This is not a competition. This attempted ranking is also simply incorrect as a matter of law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Negrea also highlighted the selection of the specific years in the resolution, noting that the &ldquo;trafficking of African slaves&rdquo; began much earlier than what was included in the U.N. resolution. He claimed the specific time frame chosen for the resolution was politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The United States would also like to express disappointment in the arbitrarily historical perspective of the text,&rdquo; Negrea added. &ldquo;Trafficking of African slaves began long before the 15th century and sadly continued even after the 19th. These dates were clearly selected for political reasons rather than historical accuracy. All trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans deserves to be condemned, not merely the politically expedient.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN calls reparations for the gravest slave-trade crime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2583882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/united-nations-logo.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9128,12295,76557,52441],"class_list":["post-2583881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-reparations","tag-slavery","tag-transatlantic-slave-trade","tag-un-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/united-nations-logo.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2583881"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583885,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583881\/revisions\/2583885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2583882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}