Accra: Members of the Diplomatic Corps in Ghana have expressed strong support for the country's leadership in advancing global reparatory justice. This follows the adoption of a landmark United Nations resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade and enslavement of Africans as crimes against humanity.
According to Ghana News Agency, the endorsement came at a high-level briefing convened by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. He engaged ambassadors and representatives of international organisations on the implications of the resolution and the roadmap for sustained global action. The resolution, adopted on March 25, 2026, by the United Nations General Assembly with an overwhelming majority, marks the first time in the UN's history that the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialised chattel enslavement has been formally recognised as the gravest crime against humanity.
Mr. Ablakwa, addressing the gathering, described the development as a 'moral, historical and symbolic milestone' that affirmed decades of advocacy by African states, scholars, and descendants of enslaved people.