UN passes resolution naming slave trade ‘gravest crime against humanity’
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UN passed resolution naming transatlantic slave trade a 'gravest crime against humanity'; Trump administration and Israel opposed.
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The United Nations passed a resolution formally designating the transatlantic slave trade as a "gravest crime against humanity," with 123 countries voting in support. The Trump administration and Israel were among only three nations that opposed the measure, which seeks to establish a formal international acknowledgment of slavery's historical severity. The resolution carries symbolic weight in establishing a global consensus on slavery's moral and historical gravity, though it lacks binding enforcement mechanisms. The vote reflects ongoing diplomatic divisions over how the international community should reckon with historical atrocities and raises questions about US positions on reparations and historical accountability frameworks that supporters of the resolution have long championed.
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