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STORY: UN / ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 27 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
27 MARCH 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, General Assembly Hall
3. Med shot, Csaba Kőrösi walks up to the podium
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Csaba Kőrösi, President of the General Assembly:
“Today we gather in commemoration of the victims of one of history’s most horrific crimes against humanity. A crime perpetrated for over 400 years. A crime that resulted in the forced deportation of over 15 million men, women, and children. A crime perpetrated in full view of the law. In fact, in most cases supported by the law of those times.”
5. Med shot, GA hall
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Csaba Kőrösi, President of the General Assembly:
“Through education, we can confute any revisionism with undisputable facts. Through education, we can raise awareness of the dangers caused by misconceptions of supremacy – whether past or present. Through education, we can ensure that no one will ever experience the hell lived by the 15 million we commemorate today.”
7. Med shot, António Guterres walks up the podium
8. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The evil enterprise of enslavement lasted for over 400 years. It was the largest legally sanctioned forced migration in human history. Millions of African children, women, and men were kidnapped and trafficked across the Atlantic, ripped from their families and homelands – their communities torn apart, their bodies commodified, their humanity denied.”
9. Med shot, General Assembly Hall
10. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade haunts us to this day. We can draw a straight line from the era of colonial exploitation to the social and economic inequalities of today. The scars of slavery are still visible in persistent disparities in wealth, income, health, education, and opportunity. And we can recognize the racist tropes popularized to rationalize the inhumanity of the slave trade in the white supremacist hate that is resurgent today.”
11. Wide shot, Djamila Taís Ribeiro walks up to the podium
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Djamila Taís Ribeiro, writer and philosopher:
“Recognizing the consequence of the best, most drivers to create a future of opportunities, and the most importantly, creation of public policies that will ensure the most patient of black populations and victims of trafficking. Education plays a fundamental role in creating opportunities and broadening our worldview.”
13. Med shot, Taylor Cassidy walks up to the podium
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Taylor Cassidy, Youth advocate:
“I remember searching in my school history book for any of the histories my mom and Nana talks so fervent. I found one single page on slavery in America. The single page described the 400 year long history of trauma, suffering and faceless victims who happen to look like as if, as if it were brief footnote in the history of my country and the world.”
15. Med shot, GA dais
The UN General Assembly marked today the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, highlighting the importance of education.
The UN Secretary-General,António Guterres, said, “The evil enterprise of enslavement lasted for over 400 years. It was the largest legally sanctioned forced migration in human history.”
He noted, “Millions of African children, women, and men were kidnapped and trafficked across the Atlantic, ripped from their families and homelands – their communities torn apart, their bodies commodified, their humanity denied.”
According to the Secretary-General, “The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade haunts us to this day.”
He explained, “We can draw a straight line from the era of colonial exploitation to the social and economic inequalities of today. The scars of slavery are still visible in persistent disparities in wealth, income, health, education, and opportunity.”
Guterres continued, “And we can recognize the racist tropes popularized to rationalize the inhumanity of the slave trade in the white supremacist hate that is resurgent today.”
Opening the event, the President of the General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi, noted, “Today we gather in commemoration of the victims of one of history’s most horrific crimes against humanity.”
He added, “A crime perpetrated for over 400 years. A crime that resulted in the forced deportation of over 15 million men, women, and children. A crime perpetrated in full view of the law. In fact, in most cases supported by the law of those times.”
According to Kőrösi, “Through education, we can confute any revisionism with undisputable facts. Through education, we can raise awareness of the dangers caused by misconceptions of supremacy – whether past or present.”
“Through education, we can ensure that no one will ever experience the hell lived by the 15 million we commemorate today,” added Kőrösi.
Djamila Taís Ribeiro, Brazilian feminist and academic, addressed the need of public policies and education. She said, “Education plays a fundamental role in creating opportunities and broadening our worldview.”
Taylor Cassidi, who also addressed the General Assambley, said, “I remember searching in my school history book for any of the histories my mom and Nana talks so fervent. I found one single page on slavery in America.”
She continued, “The single page described the 400 year long history of trauma, suffering and faceless victims who happen to look like as if, as if it were brief footnote in the history of my country and the world.”
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