10th Anniversary of Permanent Memorial to Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade

Secretary-General António Guterres (front left) speaks with, from left to right: Wole Soyinka, playwright, poet and Nobel Laureate; Maher Nasser, Director of the Outreach Division of Department of Global Communications; Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed; and Courtenay Rattray, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General, next to the Ark of Return on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (25 March).

2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the Permanent Memorial to the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade at UN Headquarters. Known as the Ark of Return, the memorial invites people to contemplate the legacy of the slave trade and to fight against racism and prejudice.