UN labels trans-Atlantic slave trade 'gravest crime against humanity'


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The United Nations General Assembly has classified the trans-Atlantic slave trade as the "gravest crime against humanity," adopting a resolution that also calls for the return of cultural artefacts to their countries of origin.

The measure, introduced by Ghana, was backed by 123 countries, while Israel, the United States and Argentina voted against it. Germany abstained. General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding.

The text says the enslavement of Africans and the trans-Atlantic slave trade should be regarded as the "gravest crime against humanity" due to the scale, duration, systemic nature, brutality and lasting consequences of the crimes.
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UN labels trans-Atlantic slave trade 'gravest crime against humanity'

The United Nations General Assembly has classified the trans-Atlantic slave trade as the "gravest crime against humanity," adopting a resolution that also calls for the return of cultural artefacts to...
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Not really a surprise that Argentina voted against the resolution given they took in Nazis and what they did to their black population (which is so low now that much of Argentina's population does not know they have a black population).

I going to look up the full resolution, but I suspect it does not say anything about countries have to account for all the money they made off of stolen artifacts, which include human remains. Not too long ago South Africa just go another round of Human remains back to bury.
 



LAW DAWG said:
The United Nations General Assembly has classified the trans-Atlantic slave trade as the "gravest crime against humanity," adopting a resolution that also calls for the return of cultural artefacts to their countries of origin.

The measure, introduced by Ghana, was backed by 123 countries, while Israel, the United States and Argentina voted against it. Germany abstained. General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding.

The text says the enslavement of Africans and the trans-Atlantic slave trade should be regarded as the "gravest crime against humanity" due to the scale, duration, systemic nature, brutality and lasting consequences of the crimes.
www.yahoo.com

UN labels trans-Atlantic slave trade 'gravest crime against humanity'

The United Nations General Assembly has classified the trans-Atlantic slave trade as the "gravest crime against humanity," adopting a resolution that also calls for the return of cultural artefacts to...
www.yahoo.com www.yahoo.com
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No surprise about the dissenters.
 
LAW DAWG said:
The United Nations General Assembly has classified the trans-Atlantic slave trade as the "gravest crime against humanity," adopting a resolution that also calls for the return of cultural artefacts to their countries of origin.

The measure, introduced by Ghana, was backed by 123 countries, while Israel, the United States and Argentina voted against it. Germany abstained. General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding.

The text says the enslavement of Africans and the trans-Atlantic slave trade should be regarded as the "gravest crime against humanity" due to the scale, duration, systemic nature, brutality and lasting consequences of the crimes.
www.yahoo.com

UN labels trans-Atlantic slave trade 'gravest crime against humanity'

The United Nations General Assembly has classified the trans-Atlantic slave trade as the "gravest crime against humanity," adopting a resolution that also calls for the return of cultural artefacts to...
www.yahoo.com www.yahoo.com
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Now, can we get reparations?
 
ECSU_NCCU_Christopher said:
Not really a surprise that Argentina voted against the resolution given they took in Nazis and what they did to their black population (which is so low now that much of Argentina's population does not know they have a black population).

I going to look up the full resolution, but I suspect it does not say anything about countries have to account for all the money they made off of stolen artifacts, which include human remains. Not too long ago South Africa just go another round of Human remains back to bury.
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Israel had a very questionable relationship with apartheid South Africa, and is currently waging a genocidal campaign against the Palestinians, so, no surprise there either.
 
buckwheat1911 said:
Now, can we get reparations?
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It's coming, but it's not going to happen in our lifetime. It took countless enslavement rebellions, a one hundred year plus abolitionist movement and a civil war to kill chattel enslavement here. The agitation for reparations will likely require similar protracted energy.
 
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Herbert77060 said:
Not questionable. That is why people need to stop equating present day israel with biblical Israel. They are not the same.
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I said very questionable intentionally. Here's why, during the 50's and through most of the 60's Israel was very critical of apartheid South Africa. By the late 60's they reversed course for about twenty years which is one reason why Nelson Mandela and the ANC were highly critical of them, but by the end of of the 80's they reverted back to criticism of apartheid with sanctions. What is/are the real reason(s) behind the back and forth? Were those independent choices or choices heavily influenced by America?

Real questions have to be asked to get to the bottom of what is really going on with modern Israel. Is it really an autonomous nation? Has it ever been autonomous as purported? Instead, is it a nation created, supported and controlled by America for the purpose of having a strategic presence in that part of the world because of oil? The last thing it's about is biblical Israel, that is a smoke screen.
 
That is the era in which I grew up and was growing up. I have never bought into the myth that is the israel you are referring to.
 
Herbert77060 said:
That is the era in which I grew up and was growing up. I have never bought into the myth that is the israel you are referring to.
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I now believe it has been about oil and money all along. No way hypocritical, racists, so-called christians focus was on biblical Israel, Judaism or Christianity. I heard about this a couple of days ago:

Netanyahu said that he believed alternative routes to Hormuz would need to be found, appearing to point to a potential benefit for Israel from a prolonged closure of the choke point.
"Just have oil pipelines, gas pipelines, going west through the Arabian Peninsula, right up to Israel, right up to our Mediterranean ports and you've just done away with the choke points forever," Netanyahu said.
"I see that as a real change that will follow this war."
www.reuters.com

Netanyahu wants oil, gas to flow through Israel post-Iran war

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he believes pipelines should be built to ‌transport Middle East oil and gas across the Arabian Peninsula and up to Israeli ports to avoid threats by Iran in the Hormuz Strait and other Gulf waters.
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U.N. vote totals to classify the trans-Atlantic slave trade as the "gravest crime against humanity," adopting a resolution that also calls for the return of cultural artefacts to their countries of origin.

Yes - 123
No- 3
Abstained - 52
 
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