UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-DRAFT RESOLUTION-ADOPTION

UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-DRAFT RESOLUTION-ADOPTION

Xinhua
26 Mar 2026, 14:48 GMT+

(260326) -- UNITED NATIONS, March 26, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People visit an exhibition on slavery victims at the UN headquarters in New York, March 25, 2026.

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday adopted a draft resolution of "Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime against Humanity."

The draft resolution was adopted by a vote of 123 in favor, 52 abstaining and three against. Argentina, Israel and the United States voted against it.

March 25 marks the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. (Xinhua/Zhang Fengguo)

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