General Assembly: 64th plenary meeting, 78th session - International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade

Commemorative meeting of the General Assembly to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade Held pursuant to General Assembly resolution A/RES/73/345 of 16 September 2019

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 00:04:15
• Production Date: 25 March 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: DENNIS FRANCIS
• Subject Topical: SLAVERY; TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE; WAR VICTIMS
• MAMS Id: 3226108
• Parent Id: 3187619

Description

Speakers will include the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General and Member States. The keynote speaker will be Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Commission on Reparation and Social Justice.
The youth speaker will be Yolanda Renee King, author and granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Followed by:
• Commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade - Item 118
• Culture of peace - Item 14 - Draft resolution (A/78/L.53); Action on the draft resolution
• Global health and foreign policy - Item 125 - Draft resolution (A/78/L.50); Draft amendment (A/78/L.55); Action on the draft amendment and the draft resolution