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malaise

(295,904 posts)
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 03:53 PM Wednesday

UN votes to recognise slavery as 'gravest crime against humanity'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg06q36052o

The United Nations General Assembly has voted to recognise the slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity", a move advocates hope will pave the way for healing and justice.
The resolution - proposed by Ghana - called for this designation, while also urging UN member states to consider apologising for the slave trade and contributing to a reparations fund. It does not mention a specific amount of money.
The proposal was adopted with 123 votes in favour and three against - the United States, Israel and Argentina.
Fifty-two countries abstained, including the United Kingdom and European Union member states.

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UN votes to recognise slavery as 'gravest crime against humanity' (Original Post) malaise Wednesday OP
How did I know Kraznov's regieme would be against decency? SheltieLover Wednesday #1
K&R Dave Bowman Wednesday #2
K&R 2naSalit Wednesday #3
A lot of abstentions from other slave states -- is it the 'gravest crime'? Heinous, yes -- gravest, not sure (semantics JT45242 Wednesday #4
Agreed and, Disaffected Wednesday #5
Their empires were built from slavery malaise Wednesday #6
It's a tie with a few others Auggie Wednesday #8
DURec leftstreet Wednesday #7
About damn time. Joinfortmill Wednesday #9
I would have said aggressive war Buzz cook Wednesday #10
We're #1 spanone Wednesday #11

JT45242

(4,039 posts)
4. A lot of abstentions from other slave states -- is it the 'gravest crime'? Heinous, yes -- gravest, not sure (semantics
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 04:12 PM
Wednesday

Given the wars of conquest that have occurred in history with oppression and high taxes dating back to several thousands of years BCE, I am honestly not sure that slavery is the gravest crime.

Genocides, literally millennia of fighting over the same pieces of land, etc, etc. Slavery is one of the greatest crimes for certain but there is almost no limit to the depravity that humans inflict on each other.

But interesting to note that a nation state created because of guilt over genocide that has specific moral and legal laws that condemn slavery because of enduring slavery in Egypt voted against it as well.

Even if I was unsure of the semantics of the greatest crime, I would vote for the resolution.

Disaffected

(6,391 posts)
5. Agreed and,
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 04:54 PM
Wednesday

I wonder about what occurred before recorded history. Not too hard to imagine various hominids duking it out amongst not just themselves but with tribes of humanoid variants. Evolution is a hard taskmaster......

spanone

(141,548 posts)
11. We're #1
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 07:24 PM
Wednesday

Of course it was and shame on trmp for voting it down. Fifty-two countries are scared of him.

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