Ghana vows to lead implementation of UN resolution on justice for slave trade

Ghanaian Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on Tuesday pledged Ghana's resolve to lead a sustained global conversation to promote the implementation of the United Nations (UN) Resolution on reparative justice for the impact of the transatlantic slave trade on Africa and the peoples of African descent.



Ablakwa made this pledge during a media briefing on the successful adoption by the UN General Assembly of the historic Ghana-led Resolution A/80/L.48, which declared the transatlantic slave trade and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans as the "gravest crime against humanity," supported by 123 member states.



The minister said the adoption of the resolution marked only a significant beginning to the realization of the objectives for reparative justice and upholding the eternal creed that "all men and women were created free."



The minister affirmed that Ghana, under the leadership of President John Dramani Mahama, as the African Union (AU) Champion on Reparations, will continue to work with deep resolve to put in place the necessary mechanisms to support the implementation of the global resolution.