Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers18h ago
It's no coincidence that the U.S., Israel and Argentina, as three entirely repressive regimes, have voted against condemning the trafficking of enslaved Africans and acknowledging the lasting impacts of slavery –– and that every country responsible for the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade has abstained from the vote entirely.
Show threadluca
@majorlinux If the screenshot is real the position of all the european countries is embarassing.
The source?
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Show threadHerzleid9h ago
@luc0x61
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/03/1167199
UN resolution urges reparations for slavery’s ‘historical wrongs’

Applause erupted in the UN General Assembly Hall on Wednesday as Member States adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity.

UN News
Show threadRegendans7h ago

@herzleid @luc0x61

https://ghana.un.org/en/312495-ghana-leads-historic-un-vote-declaring-slave-trade-gravest-crime-against-humanity

Ghana Leads Historic UN Vote Declaring Slave Trade the Gravest Crime Against Humanity

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to designate the Transatlantic Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and the system of racialised chattel enslavement as “the gravest crime against humanity.” Adopted on Wednesday 25 March 2026 with an overwhelming majority of 123 Member States voting in favour, UN Resolution A/80/L.48 marks a historic shift in the international community’s engagement with the enduring legacies of slavery. Three countries—Argentina, Israel, and the United States—voted against it and 52 abstained.

Ghana
Show threadluca7h ago
@regendans @herzleid Oh, thanks, very interesting - and source of concern
Show threadMarcus "MajorLinux" Summers7h ago

@luc0x61 Here's one of many sources:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/un-calls-for-reparations-to-remedy-the-historical-wrongs-of-trafficking-enslaved-africans#:~:text=The%20resolution%20%22unequivocally%20condemns%20the,trusted%20journalism%20and%20civil%20dialogue.

"The vote in the 193-member world body was 123-3, with 52 abstentions. Argentina, Israel and the United States were the three members voting against the resolution. The United Kingdom and all 27 members of the European Union were among those that abstained."

UN calls for reparations to remedy the historical wrongs of trafficking enslaved Africans

The U.N. General Assembly's resolution also urges “the prompt and unhindered restitution” of cultural items to their countries of origin without charge.

PBS News
Show threadluca7h ago
@majorlinux Thanks, I'm in motion and couldn't search more
Show threadluca6h ago
@majorlinux Thanks to everyone providing source.
I guess that all the European countries abstained to avoid confronting their colonialist past, a pure act of cowardice. Embarassingly shameful.