International Day Of Remembrance Of The Victims Of Slavery And The Transatlantic Slave Trade
N I T E D N A T I O N S N A T I O N S U N I E S
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
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MESSAGE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF SLAVERY AND THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
25 March, 2025
The transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans was a crime against humanity that resonates through history and continues to scar societies. Today, we remember the women, children, and men torn from their loved ones, forced to work in agonizing conditions, cruelly punished, and deprived of their dignity and human rights, and we recall their acts of resistance and demands for justice.
For more than four centuries, millions of Africans were kidnapped, trafficked, abused and dehumanized. This horrific enterprise rested on the destructive lie of white supremacy. And it saw many colonizers, corporations and institutions amass unimaginable wealth.
For too long, these unthinkable acts have remained unacknowledged, unspoken, and unaddressed, all as their legacies continue to shape our world. Many still benefit from the odious profits reaped from chattel slavery. Systemic racism has been embedded into institutions, cultures, and legal and other systems. Deeply rooted exclusion, racial discrimination and violence continue to undermine the ability of many people of African descent to thrive and prosper.
As the theme of this year’s International Day reminds us, acknowledging the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade is an essential step towards addressing the past, repairing the present, and building a future of dignity and justice for all. It is imperative to put in place reparatory justice frameworks that address this terrible history and its legacies. And we must end the evil of racism for good.
The human dignity of every person stands at the heart of the United Nations. We will always stand with everyone, everywhere to combat racial discrimination and hate, and to defend the human rights and dignity of all.
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No it is not IT IS AUGUST 23RD
No, the article is correct Parrot.
You can wait until August to remember them but we all remember them today.
No white supremecy, equal rights and justice for all.
“The transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans was a crime against humanity that resonates through history and continues to scar societies. Today, we remember the women, children, and men torn from their loved ones, forced to work in agonizing conditions, cruelly punished, and deprived of their dignity and human rights, and we recall their acts of resistance and demands for justice.”
And up until this day, not one of the perpetrators have been hold to account for these heinous crimes. And up until this day they refuse to grant the descendants of these enslaved African people their rightful reparation. And up until this they they are treating the African descendants with scorn.
Yet they want to tell us about HUMAN RIGHTS and who is violating Human Rights in this world. When they are the biggest and cruelest human rights violators.
This is 1000 times worst than the made up word for whites called the halocast, they think we are animals and they the whites are human, so there short suffering compare to our 400 years is special.
In remembrance of the AFRICANS who drowned off St. Kitts recently, due to the greed of our present OVERSEERS.
21st Century Slavers and Pirates operating out of Antigua.
its till very alive and well in some hotels based on how they pay black vs whites.
Slavery is still very alive and well in some hotels based on how they treat and pay black vs how they do whites.
But our stupid people is spiritually colonized I meant enslaved, a colonized god painted for us blond hair and blue eyes still gives the same outcome as chains and shackles, we are the onliest race that after working like on the farm for 5 days we are in that church thing been made to sing wash me as white as snow every Saturday and Sunday, we could a take those days to do a bit of snorkeling or knowing our coastal lands that white people knows, it’s like slavery to work then church then grave. We have to decolonize god, as how the white colonize god to say their fancy book says ” slave obey your master” we got to make it say that god bless us with the earth and resources to appreciate and utilize our countries potential and stop selling it off to white people to become a labor hand to create wealth for white monopoly capital domination over black people, we must become our own masters or entrepreneurs.
And knowing all this the Ultimate Leader we have here keeps giving away the lands in Antigua and Barbuda at peppercorn prices to these scoundrels and even use the police to protect their interests