UN Condemns Transatlantic Slave Trade

0:00On March 26, the United Nations General Assembly declared the transatlantic slave trade of Africans the most serious crime against humanity. This resolution passed on Wednesday with 123 votes in favor, three against from the United States, Israel, and Argentina, plus 52 abstentions. The text points out the trade's massive scale, its brutality over more than 300 years and its systematic nature. It also notes lasting impacts like racial discrimination and neocolonialism still felt today. Ghana pushed hard for this, with President John Mahama attending the session in New York. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres stressed how slavery attacked the human core, broke families, and wrecks communities calling for truth. Justice and reparations. Not everyone agreed. The United States voted no, calling the measure highly problematic for competing historical tragedies and rejecting legal claims over past acts. Not.

1:00Illegal then. Britain and most European Union members abstained for similar reasons. Ghana seized this as a shield against forgetting, hoping it leads nations involved like European countries and the United States toward formal. Apologies and steps for healing. You've been listening to NFL News today, AI powered football coverage.