US rejects UN resolution seeking reparations for slave trade The US and two other nations voted against a United Nations resolution calling for members to recognize the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity and the need for reparations for
U. S. Votes No on UN Measure Calling Slavery ‘Gravest Crime’ - Capital B . . . The United States joined Israel and Argentina on Thursday in voting against a Ghana-led resolution that declared the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans the “gravest crime against humanity” and urged countries to pursue reparations The nonbinding measure, backed by more than 120
Explanation of Vote for UNGA Resolution - United States Mission to the . . . We regret that the United States must once again remind this body that the United Nations exists to maintain international peace and security It was not founded to advance narrow, specific interests and agendas, to establish niche international days, or to create new costly meeting and reporting mandates This resolution does all three
UN resolution urges reparations for slavery’s ‘historical wrongs’ The resolution spearheaded by Ghana received 123 votes in favour Three countries – Argentina, Israel and the United States – voted against and 52 abstained “Today, we come together in solemn solidarity to affirm truth and pursue a route to healing and reparative justice,” said Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama, speaking ahead of the vote on behalf of the 54-member African Group