Detail on voting for the #UnitedNations #Resolution UN A/80/L.48: “Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialised Chattel Enslavement,” recognising the Transatlantic #slave trade as amongst our greatest historical crimes against humanity.

In favour: 123.
Against: 3 (Argentina, Israel, US).
Abstentions: 52 (see #AltText for list).

#un #africa #slavery #crime #history #BlackHistory https://dair-community.social/@KimCrayton1/116291674891965327

@davej another arewethebaddies.jpg for the entire western bloc

You just know they'll go back to legalizing slavery the moment they feel like they can

@xri Or bringing it back onshore, in any case. In the interim, there are plenty of competitive banana republics in which to minimise labour costs.