U.N. Passes Resolution Demanding Countries Linked to Slavery Pay Trillions in Reparations

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U.N. Passes Resolution Demanding Countries Linked to Slavery Pay Trillions in Reparations

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The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution calling on Britain and other countries involved in the transatlantic slave trade to enter talks on reparations.

Campaigners say potential payouts could run into the trillions of pounds.

The motion, introduced by Ghana on behalf of the African Union, describes the slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity.”

It calls for “good-faith dialogue on reparatory justice, including a full and formal apology, measures of restitution, compensation.”

The non-binding resolution passed 124 votes to 3. The United States, Israel, and Argentina voted against.

The U.K. abstained, alongside 52 other countries, including all European Union member states.

In supporting the resolution, member states s affirmed “the importance of addressing historical wrongs affecting Africans and people of African descent.

It also meant accepting that “claims for reparations represent a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs.”



Ghanaian President John Mahama said that he had come in “solemn solidarity to affirm truth and pursue a route to healing and reparative justice.”

“The adoption of this resolution serves as a safeguard against forgetting,” he told the audience.

”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.”



The resolution also calls for the return of cultural items, including artworks, monuments, and museum pieces.

Britain’s representative James Kariuki said Britain recognises the “devastating consequences” of slavery.

However, he said the government “continues to disagree with fundamental propositions of the text.”

“The transatlantic slave trade was abhorrent,” a U.K. Foreign Office spokesperson said.

”We recognise its horrific impacts and the ongoing strength of feeling it arouses.”

“The UK’s position on reparations is clear – we will not pay them.”

Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for “far bolder action” to address historical injustices.

The resolution is not legally binding and remains highly unlikely to ever be implemented.