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UN Remembers Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
25/03/2008
The drums of Africa echoed through the hallowed halls of the United Nations Tuesday as the international community observed the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told those gathered for the occasion that the Transatlantic Slave Trade was one of the greatest atrocities in history.
"This unparalleled global tragedy claimed untold millions of lives over four centuries and left a terrible legacy that continues to dehumanize and oppress people around the world to this day. The forced movement of West Africans across the Atlantic happened on an unprecedented scale of brutality and inhumanity, killings and massive abuses."
Secretary-General Ban says millions died without a burial, without a trace. And he urged delegates to honor the victims of the slave trade by remembering their struggle.
The observances continue throughout the week with performances by a Caribbean steel orchestra, African dancers and poets, an exhibition, the premier of a film on the slave route and a Video conference linking high school students on the Amistad Slave ship in the port of St.Lucia with students at the United Nations, the United Kingdom, West Africa, Norway and Nova Scotia, Canada.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told those gathered for the occasion that the Transatlantic Slave Trade was one of the greatest atrocities in history.
"This unparalleled global tragedy claimed untold millions of lives over four centuries and left a terrible legacy that continues to dehumanize and oppress people around the world to this day. The forced movement of West Africans across the Atlantic happened on an unprecedented scale of brutality and inhumanity, killings and massive abuses."
Secretary-General Ban says millions died without a burial, without a trace. And he urged delegates to honor the victims of the slave trade by remembering their struggle.
The observances continue throughout the week with performances by a Caribbean steel orchestra, African dancers and poets, an exhibition, the premier of a film on the slave route and a Video conference linking high school students on the Amistad Slave ship in the port of St.Lucia with students at the United Nations, the United Kingdom, West Africa, Norway and Nova Scotia, Canada.
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