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
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